# How can I find out if my ballot was received?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-if-my-ballot-was-received/1008732
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [October 13, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-if-my-ballot-was-received/1008732 "2024-10-13T21:41:48Z")
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### Author:  [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-if-my-ballot-was-received/1008732/1 "2024-10-13T21:41:48Z")
People posting in this forum have said that they know their ballot was received. I searched the Champaign County, IL website, but couldn’t find any such information. I mailed my ballot 11 days ago.
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### Author:  [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-if-my-ballot-was-received/1008732/2 "2024-10-13T21:57:58Z")
I can’t answer for Champaign County but my registrar here in Maricopa sends a text and/or email when my ballot is mailed out, another when it is received, and yet again when the signature has been verified.
I would say you need to make a phone call.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-if-my-ballot-was-received/1008732/3 "2024-10-13T22:15:39Z")
I’m sure it’s entirely dependent on your state and county’s level of service. I vote in Washington State and the county website displays this front and center when I log into my voter information page.
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Depressing that this shouldn’t be available for everyone.
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### Author:  [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-if-my-ballot-was-received/1008732/4 "2024-10-13T23:03:02Z")
Agreed. Possibly withheld in jurisdictions where the folks in charge don’t agree with mail-in ballots but have to accommodate them anyway. These notifications certainly increase my comfort level with mail-in voting.
Dang, I need to get on that this week. So many contentious races, so many ballot measures.
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-if-my-ballot-was-received/1008732/5 "2024-10-14T03:37:40Z")
> [@DesertDog](#):
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> I can’t answer for Champaign County but my registrar here in Maricopa sends a text and/or email when my ballot is mailed out, another when it is received, and yet again when the signature has been verified.
Pretty much the same here in CA.
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-if-my-ballot-was-received/1008732/6 "2024-10-14T13:59:08Z")
I also have a state website i can look at that tells me:
Ballet requested
Ballot mailed
Ballot received
Ballot accepted for counting
The last two dates have always been the same. This year both happened the day i dropped it in the town drop box.