Provisional Voting

Reasons a Voter would vote a Provisional Ballot

• Incorrect party (Primary Elections)
• Incorrect precinct (Election Day)
• Jurisdiction dispute
• No acceptable ID (For first time voters who did not provide ID information when they registered to vote)
• No record of registration
• Previously removed
• Unrecognized address
• Unreported move
• Voter already voted
• Voting during extended hours (if ordered by state board due to a late opening or interruption in voting)

Voters voting a provisional ballot will complete a provisional voting application, then place and seal their voted provisional ballot into the provisional ballot envelope.

Provisional ballot envelopes (containing the voted provisional ballots) are sent to the Board of Elections.

The information provided on the forms with the provisional ballot envelopes is thoroughly researched by the Board of Elections.

If eligible, the provisional ballot will be counted.

What Voters should remember about Provisional Voting

• Provisional voting is not bad
• Some provisional votes do count
• If a voter is not found to be eligible to vote a regular ballot, they absolutely should vote a provisional ballot.
• If a voter refuses to vote a provisional ballot, they have no chance of their vote being counted. If a voter votes a provisional ballot, they have a chance of their vote being counted.
• Provisional voting allows us to obtain all current information for that voter in order to get them properly registered to vote.

Call the Board of Elections office at (336) 342-8107 for more information pertaining to voting a provisional ballot.