The Absentee Ballot Report includes a statewide timeline and statistics for Absentee Ballot Requests, Returned Absentee Ballots, Ballots Sent, and Early Votes for a selected election. Use the Geography option to drill down absentee ballot statistics by county, district, city, and precinct.
Absentee/Early Vote records are generally collected thirty days or earlier before an election and may get updated after the election has been conducted. Report data represent all available records at the time of collection and may not be representative of all results. Vote History results for new elections are generally provided after election results are certified by the elections office or the Secretary of State for statewide elections.
Go to Tools > Absentee Ballot Report, select the Election, choose the district or jurisdiction type, and click the Submit button to view report results. Select the Export button to create a CSV (comma-separated values) file that can be viewed in spreadsheet, database, or text reader applications.
Absentee Ballot Status
Ballot Requests: voter requests for an absentee ballot to be provided by mail.
Returned Ballots: completed absentee ballots returned to the elections office.
Ballots Sent: the date when an absentee ballot is mailed by the elections office.
Early Votes: ballots cast at a polling location before the day of an election.
Geography selections
State: view statewide results.
County: select the County Name.
Congressional District (CD): select the U.S. Representative District.
State Senate District (SD): select the Upper House District.
State House District (LD): select the Lower House District.
City: select the registered city name.
Precinct by County: follow the prompts to select a Precinct by County Name.
Available selections may be limited to your assigned user geography. For example, a user assigned to Congressional District 1 will be able to view the Counties, SD, LD, City, and Precincts within the assigned district boundaries.
Voters: total registered voters in the state database
Results Provided Through: the most recent processing date for absentee/early vote records
Last Registration Date: the most recent voter registration date in the state database
Absentee/Early Vote Timeline
Statewide accumulated ballot totals are displayed for Absentee Ballot Returns by default. Use the drop-down menu to change the results for Ballot Requests, Sent Ballots, and Early Votes by date. Ballot Status totals are compiled using Calculated Party.
Absentee/Early Vote Results Categories
Modeled Party: party scores are calculated by a voter's partisan primary ballots cast, recent voter modeling scores, and other voter identification programs.
Party Ballot: the requested partisan primary ballot type (when provided)
Ballot Origin: the source of the absentee ballot request, including Overseas, Military, and Military Dependent (when provided).
Ballot Types: the ballot type and status for received ballots. When provided, these include:
Provisional: the ballot is cast by a voter with undetermined eligibility
Permanent Absentee: the voter automatically receives an absentee ballot
Federal: the ballot is cast for federal offices only
Challenged: the voter's eligibility to vote is questioned and the ballot may not get counted
Rejected: the ballot cast is rejected and not counted in official tallies
Spoiled: the ballot was marked incorrectly and not counted in official tallies
Household Party: the partisan make-up of the voter's household, which is determined using either Official Party for party registration states or Calculated Party where Official Party is not provided.
Gender: values may be provided from the voter file or alternative data sources.
Voter Frequency: displays the Overall Voter Frequency score for a voter's propensity to vote by using ballots cast in the most recent General and Primary Elections, with a 4 of 4 score indicating the voter cast a ballot in all four elections considered.
Modeled Ethnicity: applies a formula that takes into account many data points to predict a voter's ethnicity category.
Age: calculated by birth date, which may be provided from the voter file or alternative data sources.
Party Affiliation: the voter's Official Party for states that register by party, or Calculated Party or Observed Party for other states.
Absentee/Early Vote History: the total ballots cast by absentee/early vote type for the election to date.
Using the Absentee/Early Vote Report
You can apply the Absentee/Early Vote results for a selected election to set up selection criteria in the Advanced Counts data tool. From Advanced Counts, go to Voter Frequency > Absentee to create voter lists by ballot type for an election.
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