‘Where’s my ballot?’: California voters can track their ballot with this online tool

Jeremiah Martinez
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Ballots are mailed out to every registered voter in California for every election.

After ballots are mailed out, voters can fill out, sign, and return their ballot by mail and track the ballot’s progress online.

Registered voters can track their ballots online as part of the “Where’s My Ballot?” tool offered by the California Secretary of State.

The service is available in every county and allows voters to get notified when their ballot is mailed, received and counted. Voters can receive their notifications through email, text or voice calls.

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Voters can also see their history of previous mail ballots they used to vote in previous elections.

Tap or click here to use the service.

To use the service, registered voters must sign in with their first and last, date of birth and zip code. Once logged in, voters can see the four steps that the ballot takes on its path to getting counted.

Here are the steps of the tracking ballot process.

Ballot Outbound

This is the first step of the process where voters are notified when their ballots have been mailed to their home addresses.

For voters waiting to receive their ballot, the “Ballot Outbound” step on the account lets voters know it’s on its way from the post office.

The “Where’s My Ballot” website will tell voters to look for their ballot in their mailbox.

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Ballot Inbound

This step comes after voters have filled out their ballot and dropped it off in the mailbox or official ballot drop box. After the ballot is dropped off, this stop lets voters know that the Postal Service has picked it up and is taking it to their county’s elections office.

According to the website, the Postal Service will notify the state that they received a voter’s ballot and are taking it to the election office in their county.

Ballot Received

The third step of the process lets the voter know their county’s election office has received their ballot. Ballots that are mailed in before Election Day are held and sorted, but are not officially counted until the day of the election.

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Ballot Accepted 

In the final step of the process, voters are notified that their local election office confirms that it has received their ballot and counted their vote.

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