As Americans worry about mailed ballots, most states now offer a way to track them - NBC

[mzmolly]

Forty-six states have quietly adopted a free way for every voter to track their ballot this year, a potential rebuttal to fears that voting by mail is inherently risky.

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For most states, it's a simple online lookup that shows simple fields for each voter's ballot, like whether it's been sent or received, according to a tally from the National Vote at Home Institute, a nonprofit that advocates allowing Americans to vote without having to visit a polling site.

Five states, plus several hundred counties, go further. They offer a service that marks every voter's envelope with a unique barcode like a shipped package and lets them receive updates via text message or email every step of the way.

That's a sharp increase from 2016, when only a handful of states allowed ballot tracking of any sort.

More at: NBC NEWS

[tracee]

1. We have a good tracker here in WA, but...

that doesn't seem to help with so many votes getting lost.

[mzmolly]

2. Welcome to

DU

[Sogo]

3. You're gonna have to elaborate on that answer.

What ballots? Lost in WA? When?

I doubt their ballots have even gone out yet. How could they be "getting lost?"

[lagomorph777]

4. Yeah, I don't think you're going to get a detailed answer.

Because the post is not fact-based.

[tracee]

7. Is that sarcasm?

Sorry, I'm new here so I don't grok the conventions. We've long had a problem with votes not counting, but we have an excellent tracking system.

[SMC22307]

8. Post a link or two FROM RELIABLE SOURCES to back up what you're claiming. (n/t)

[DesertRat]

5. Here in AZ, I get texts about my ballot every step of the way

Love it!

[mzmolly]

6. That's awesome!

[SMC22307]

9. A family member up in PA said the system was wonderful... notifications all along the way.

Including an email with fireworks when her primary ballot was actually counted. LOL

[mzmolly]

11. That's awesome!

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[SMC22307]

12. Yep! She's in her 80s and voted absentee for the first time ever this last primary.

Not sure what method she has planned for November, but she is voting Biden/Harris.

[mzmolly]

13. Wonderful!

[Klaralven]

10. New Jersey

https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/vote-track-my-ballot.shtml

[BannonsLiver]

14. my deep red state does this

Checked the voter portal and it said it was sent. Our ballots showed up a day later. When you return them you are able to see that it was counted. We voted absentee in an election over the summer and it worked very well.