Worried about your mail-in ballot? These states allow you to track it online

For any voter who wants to make sure their ballot is counted, almost every state has some form of online ballot tracking. Systems can send status updates and inform the voter if there is a problem.

Here’s a guide to where things stand:

Online tracking of mail-in or absentee ballots is available in every state except Illinois, Missouri and Wyoming, and even if there is no statewide system, some counties also provide this service.

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In many cases, services require you to enter your name, date of birth and zip code so you can check the status of your ballot. Most sites will then text or email you as your ballot moves through the system.

If you would like to track your newsletter, please use the table at Voting.org website has links to each state’s online services, as well as links to county election offices.

Voters using these systems can “track their ballot like an Amazon package with a smart postal barcode,” according to the statement National vote at home institutereceiving notifications when their ballot has arrived at the polling station and whether it has been accepted.

One of the main tracking service providers is BulletinTraxa division of i3logix Inc., based in Denver. The company says it operates in 546 counties in 26 states.

More details here about what representatives of election commissions are doing to ensure the safety of ballots.