Alabama |
12:00 p.m., 11/3/2020 |
After polls close |
Code of Ala. §17-11-10 |
Alaska |
10/27/2020 |
After polls close |
Alaska Stat. §15.20.201 |
Arizona |
10/20/2020 |
10/20/2020 |
Ariz. Stat. §16–550, §16-551 |
Arkansas |
10/27/2020 |
8:30 a.m., 11/3/2020 |
A.C.A. § 7-5-416 |
California |
10/5/2020 |
After polls close |
Cal. Elec. Code § 15101 |
Colorado |
Upon receipt |
10/19/2020 |
C.R.S.A. § § 1-7.5-107.5 |
Connecticut |
“At the discretion of the local registrar of voters” |
“At the discretion of the local registrar of voters” |
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-150a |
Delaware |
10/30/2020 |
10/30/2020 |
15 Del. C. § 5510 |
District of Columbia |
Not specified |
After polls close |
D.C. Mun. Regs. Tit. 3, § 808 |
Florida |
10/12/2020 |
10/12/2020 |
F.S.A. § 101.68 |
Georgia |
Upon receipt |
7 a.m., 11/3/2020 |
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386 |
Hawaii |
Upon receipt |
Not specified (“counting may start before Election Day”) |
HRS § 15-9, §11-152 |
Idaho |
“Affidavit verified upon receipt. Ballots are not opened until they are delivered to the polls or central location for counting.” |
After polls close |
Idaho Code §34-1005, §34-1008 |
Illinois |
“Signature verification must begin within two days of receipt.” |
7 p.m., 11/3/2020 |
10 ILCS 5/19-8 |
Indiana |
Upon receipt |
12:00 p.m., 11/3/2020 (“no later than noon on Election Day, or immediately after the electronic poll books used at each polling place or vote center have been updated to indicate the county received the absentee ballot”) |
IC 3-11.5-4-12, 3-11.5-5-3 |
Iowa |
10/31/2020[2] |
11/2/2020 (“at a time set by the election commissioner to allow a reasonable amount of time to complete the count of absentee ballots by 10 p.m. on Election Day”)[2] |
Iowa Code §53.23 |
Kansas |
Not specified |
Not specified (“ballots may be counted prior to Election Day, but final tabulation shall not be completed until Election Day”} |
K.S.A. § 25-1134 |
Kentucky |
8 a.m., 11/3/2020 |
Not specified (“counting begins after all absentee ballots have been processed”) |
KRS § 117.087 |
Louisiana |
Not specified |
Not specified (“counting may begin before Election Day but no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day”) |
LSA-R.S. 18:1313 |
Maine |
Not specified |
After polls close |
21-A M.R.S.A. § 759 |
Maryland |
Not specified |
10/1/2020 (by order of the state board of elections)[3] |
State board of elections order |
Massachusetts |
11/3/2020 |
After polls close |
M.G.L.A. 54 § 95 |
Michigan |
11/2/2020 (in cities and townships with at least 25,000 people)[4] |
11/3/2020 (“on Election Day before the polls close at the jurisdiction’s discretion”) |
MCLS §168.765 et seq. |
Minnesota |
10/27/2020 |
After polls close |
M.S.A. §203B.121 |
Mississippi |
After polls close |
After polls close |
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-639 |
Missouri |
10/29/2020 |
11/3/2020 (time not specified) |
V.A.M.S. 115.300 |
Montana |
“Signature verification conducted upon receipt. Three days before Election Day, election officials may open the secrecy envelope and place the ballot in a secured ballot box until tabulation occurs, but this process may not occur on a Saturday or Sunday.” |
11/2/2020 |
Mont. Code Anno., § 13-13-241 |
Nebraska |
10/26/2020 |
11/2/2020 (“twenty-four hours before the opening of the polls”) |
Neb. Rev. Stat. §32-1027 |
Nevada |
10/30/2020 |
11/3/2020 (time not specified) |
Nev. Stat. §293.325, §293.333 |
New Hampshire |
1:00 p.m., 11/3/2020 |
After polls close |
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:49 |
New Jersey |
“Signature verification conducted upon receipt” |
10/24/2020 (time not specified) |
Assembly Bill 4475 |
New Mexico |
10/20/2020 or 10/30/2020 (“If more than 10,000 absentee ballots are sent, they may be opened and inserted into an electronic voting machine two weeks before Election Day. If fewer than 10,000 absentee ballots are sent, processing may begin four days before the election.” |
After polls close |
N. M. S. A. § 1-6-14 |
New York |
11/3/2020 |
After polls close |
Election Law § 9-209 |
North Carolina |
Not specified |
10/20/2020 |
N.C.G.S.A. § 163-234 |
North Dakota |
11/2/2020 |
After polls close |
NDCC, 16.1-07-12 |
Ohio |
Not specified |
Not specified (“Special election officials, employees or members of the board of elections, or observers shall not disclose the count or any portion of the count of absent voter’s ballots prior to the time of the closing of the polling places.”) |
Ohio Rev. Code § 3509.06 |
Oklahoma |
Not specified (“prior to Election Day with approval by the secretary of the state election board”) |
Not specified (“prior to Election Day with approval by the secretary of the state election board”) |
26 Okl. St. Ann. § 14-125 |
Oregon |
10/27/2020 |
Not specified (“a person may not make public the results of the tally of votes from any precinct until after 8:00 p.m. on Election Day”) |
O.R.S. § 254.478, § 260.705 |
Pennsylvania |
7:00 a.m., 11/3/2020 |
7:00 a.m., 11/3/2020 |
25 P.S. § 3146.8 |
Rhode Island |
10/20/2020 |
After polls close |
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-20-26, §17-22-1 |
South Carolina |
9:00 a.m., 11/3/2020 |
9:00 a.m., 11/3/2020 |
S.C. Code § 7-15-420 |
South Dakota |
Not specified |
After polls close |
SDCL § 12-19-10, § 12-19-46 |
Tennessee |
Upon receipt |
11/3/2020 (“after the polls open and no later than four hours before closing for general elections”) |
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-6-202, § 2-6-303, § 2-6-304 |
Texas |
Upon receipt |
11/3/2020 (“when the polls open on Election Day; in a jurisdiction with more than 100,000 people, counting can begin at the end of the early voting by personal appearance period”) |
V.T.C.A., Election Code § 87.0241, § 87.041 |
Utah |
Not specified |
Not specified |
U.C.A. § 20A-3-309 |
Vermont |
11/2/2020 |
11/2/2020 (“The day before the election, absentee ballots may be deposited in a vote tabulator. The machine is turned on and the ballots tabulated on Election Day.”) |
17 V.S.A. § 2546a |
Virginia |
Not specified (“before Election Day as needed to expedite counting absentee ballots”) |
11/3/2020 (“Ballots may be inserted into ballot-counting machines prior to the closing of the polls, but no ballot count totals by the machines shall be initiated until the polls close. If absentee ballots are counted by hand, tallying may begin after 3 p.m. on Election Day.”) |
VA Code Ann. § 24.2-709.1, § 24.2-712 |
Washington |
Upon receipt |
After polls close |
RCWA 29A.40.110, 29A.84.730 |
West Virginia |
11/3/2020 |
11/3/2020 (time not specified) |
W. Va. Code, § 3-3-8 |
Wisconsin |
11/3/2020 (“after the polls open on Election Day”) |
11/3/2020 (“after the polls open on Election Day”) |
W.S.A. 6.88 |
Wyoming |
11/3/2020 |
11/3/2020 (time not specified) |
W.S § 22-9- |