Once you vote In a presidential or midterm election, how can you verify that your ballot has been counted? This answer varies depending on where you live and how you voted.

There is no standardized national system to track whether a ballot was counted. The vote tracking landscape is a “mess, because there are 50 different systems, and within each of those 50 systems, there are county recorders, so they all have slightly different methods,” said Jessica Levinson, a professor and expert on electoral laws at Loyola Law School.

When you vote in person, you can see your vote being submitted and it’s “a fair bet” that your vote will count, Levinson said. As such, no states offer ballot tracking for in-person voting.

But when you send your vote by mailyou don’t see it being processed and there’s more chance of mistakes being made, so most states offer some type of confirmation for those ballots.

“People are concerned about mail-in voting because they’re not the ones who physically put it in someone’s hands or put it in the box, and I think that’s why the tracking is much stronger,” Levinson said.

Generally, most mail-in votes end up counting. More than 98% were counted and only 0.8% were rejected in the 2020 general election, according to a survey by the Federal Electoral Assistance Commission.

Among the most common reasons ballots were rejected were that the signature on the ballot does not match the registered signature; the ballot was missing an important document, such as an affidavit; the voter was not actually eligible to vote in his jurisdiction; the ballot was not received on time; or the ballot lacked the voter’s signature.

Sometimes people can only vote a provisional ballot at your polling place, and these ballots often need tracking by the voter or election officials. If this happens to you, you can ask your local elections official to explain how you can check whether your provisional vote was counted or rejected (some states’ processes are listed below). A written explanation is your legal right under the Help America Vote Act.

If you want to check the status of your vote, these are your options:

Can check the status of your absentee ballot online. If you have more questions, contact your local elections office.

Track the status of your absentee ballot at myvoterinformation.alaska.gov.

The Grand Canyon State offers tracking of provisional and absentee ballots in my.arizona.voteand some counties go a step further. In Maricopa County, for example, you can Sign up to receive text message updates on your mail-in ballot.

View ballot status by entering your name and date of birth on the Arkansas elections website.

Can find the status of your mail ballot and also sign up to receive text or email notifications as information is updated.

Colorado offers status updates and alerts for mail-in ballots.

See if and when your absentee ballot was received.

The state offers search service for both absentee voting and provisional voting.

In DC, you can check the status of your absentee ballot online. If you are asked to cast a special vote, check your status here.

The Sunshine State offers mail ballot tracking. For help with provisional ballots, contact your local elections office.

Both absentee and provisional votes can be tracked on the site “My voter page.”

Residents can go to ballotstatus.hawaii.gov to see if your vote by mail was received.

Enter your information in Idaho voter registration tool to check the status of your mail-in ballot.

Although some counties use mail-in ballot tracking software (Cook County has portals for both suburban residents and those in the city ​​of chicago), Illinois offers statewide tracking only for provisional ballots. check your local electoral authority for information on tracking absentee ballots.

Check if your ballot was received and counted with the “My voter portal.”

Absentee Vote Tracking It is available throughout the state. Contact your county auditor for questions about provisional ballots.

Kansas offers mail ballot tracking.

Nervous about your absentee vote? Check its status with a tool at the state level.

the state “Geaux Vote” Portal offers tracking information for mail-in ballots.

The Pine State has a state tool to track absentee votes.

Can check the status of your provisional or mail-in ballot. Provisional ballot status will be available 10 days after an election.

Find out if your mail-in vote was rejected or accepted here. Can check if a provisional ballot was counted by calling 1-800-462-VOTE after Election Day.

Can track status of your absentee ballot. For provisional ballots, Michigan recommends contacting your city ​​or township clerk’s office.

You can see if your mail-in ballot was received and counted. Minnesota, one of the few states with same day voter registrationis not required to offer provisional ballots.

Mississippi does it use ballot tracking software to track absentee and affidavit votes. If you have questions about the counting of your votes, contact your county elections official.

Although some jurisdictions offer tracking of mail-in ballots, including the city of Saint Louis and Calhoun CountyMissouri does not have statewide ballot tracking.

Track the status of your mail-in ballot at app.mt.gov/voterinfo.

Nebraska offers the state voting by mail in its voter information tool.

the state ballottrax site provides tracking information and the opportunity to register to receive text or email alerts when your mail-in ballot is received and counted. You can call (877) 766-8683 to find out the status of your provisional ballot, according to Nevada’s explainer.

You can find out if your ballot was received by this state’s clerk’s office. tracker.

Garden Staters can check your ballots on the state website.

Absentee Vote Tracking is available.

Check your absentee ballot with the state voter search website.

There is a system to check absentee ballot status and another to see provisional ballot status.

Mail-in ballots can be tracked on a state portal.

Ohio Deals state level monitoring for mail-in ballots. Simply choose your county on the map.

Check the status of absentee ballots in the state voter portal.

Oregon mails a ballot to every registered voter. They can be traced in the state. “My Vote” Site.

Pennsylvania offers tracking for mail-in ballotsand you can look for whether or not your provisional ballot was counted as of seven days after the election.

Check the status of your mail-in ballot at vote.sos.ri.gov.

You can track to see if your absentee ballot has been receivedbut the state supposedly has no plans to show if that vote was accepted.

South Dakota follow-up website will show the date an absentee ballot was received, but not whether it has been counted, the state told HuffPost.

Mail-in ballots can be tracked in Tennessee.

Ballot tracking It is available on the secretary of state’s website.

The state says people whose votes are rejected will be contacted with instructions on how to fix the problem, but voters can also check the status of provisional and mail-in ballots at vote.utah.gov.

Check the status of your mail-in ballot at mvp.vermont.gov.

Go to elections.virginia.gov to track a vote by mail.

Enter your name and date of birth on the state’s voter information portal and you will be able to see if your ballot arrived at its destination.

In the mountainous state, you can track the status of both. absent and provisional ballots.

Voters in Wisconsin can view your voting history and track absentee ballots.

“Contact your county clerk to obtain information,” says the website from the Wyoming Secretary of State. The state does not have general online ballot tracking, but does publish a unique list Track the status of military and foreign voters’ ballots.listed by voter identification number.

Janie Campbell contributed reporting. This article was originally published in 2020 and has been updated.