All Absentee Voting Problems, Nationwide
OurVoteLive.org makes information about every reported call to the Election Protection Coalition's 866-OUR-VOTE hotline available in close to real time. Here, sort and view call reports by factors such as state, county, or problem type.
Note that while Election Protection investigates many of the problems reported to the hotline, calls documented on this site have not been verified prior to posting.
| Key | Name |
|---|---|
| PP | Polling place problem |
| RP | Registration problem |
| AP | Absentee voting problem |
| QP | Voting equipment problem |
| IP | Voter intimidation problem |
| LP | Language problem |
| DP | Accessibility problem |
| SP | Student voting problem |
| ID | ID problem |
| WP | Poll worker problem |
| EP | Electioneering Problem |
| OP | Other Problem |
| PI | Polling place inquiry |
| RI | Registration inquiry |
| AI | Absentee voting inquiry |
| CI | Criminal status related inquiry |
| OI | Other Inquiry |
| PB | Provisional ballot concern |
| ID | Time (ET) | City | County | State | Description | Types | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96054 | Jun 30, 10:09am | Cleveland | Cuyahoga | OH | Woman came in with a completed (obviously unsent) absentee ballot. Question over which type of ballot she should comple... | RP, AP, AI, PB | View |
| 96052 | Jun 30, 10:02am | Cleveland | Cuyahoga | OH | Man came in who applied for an absentee ballot. He never received one. | RP, AP, AI, PB | View |
| 96035 | Jun 23, 4:58pm | Cleveland | Cuyahoga | OH | Voter said she received an absentee ballot even though she did not request one. Also said poll worker said she shut bal... | PP, AP | View |
| 96034 | Jun 23, 4:55pm | Precinct judge told me that she un instructed that people whose names were flagged for lack of address they were caution... | AP, LP, DP, WP, PB | View | |||
| 96018 | Jun 22, 4:05pm | Inspector reported lots of provisional ballots given out today. People not listed on rolls, address changes, people reg... | AP, OP | View | |||
| 96008 | Jun 18, 5:13pm | Kent | King | WA | Filled out provisional ballot and absentee ballot. Not sure what due process should have been. | AP, RI, AI, PB | View |
| 96002 | Jun 18, 3:20pm | Issaquah | King | WA | Voter came with completed absentee ballot in her purse but wanted to throw it away and prferred to do a provisional. | AP | View |
| 95985 | Jun 9, 3:13pm | AP | View | ||||
| 95954 | Dec 12, 3:58pm | Olympia | Thurston | WA | voter distraught that vote might not count. we provided info RE: EP, website and king county's election hotline. | AP | View |
| 95950 | Dec 12, 3:11pm | Federal Way | King | WA | problem happened repeatedly at all polling places watched, either 1) voter registered shortly before cut off date and di... | RP, AP, PB | View |
| 95904 | Dec 4, 6:19pm | PA | Caller received absentee ballot only after 3rd request was sent. The first two were lost in the mail. Caller would lik... | AP | View | ||
| 95903 | Dec 4, 6:18pm | San Diego | San Diego | CA | Didn't get an absentee ballot, after repeated calls, and ended up on election night getting an ballot by email and ended... | AP | View |
| 95901 | Dec 4, 4:37pm | OK | Voter is properly registered, requested absentee ballot, and did not receive it before the deadline. Ballot never showed... | AP | View | ||
| 95888 | Dec 4, 3:46pm | Greenwood | Leflore | MS | Caller reported that her grandmother, who is blind and has trouble walking requested an absentee ballot and never receiv... | AP | View |
| 95880 | Dec 4, 3:09pm | St. Louis | MO | Voter's mother called. He is serving in U.S. military and currently is in Kuwait. He and several of his friends were den... | AP | View | |
| 95869 | Dec 4, 1:29pm | MO | Voter was registered in MO, but is a college student in WA. Voter is registered, and voted in 2004, but never received t... | AP | View | ||
| 95857 | Dec 4, 12:10pm | Greensborough | NC | Daughter in the army in Fort Louis had faxed application for absentee ballot. Daughter never received absentee ballot. | AP | View | |
| 95822 | Dec 2, 9:38pm | Didn't get absentee ballot request sent in. Currently in school two hours from home. Doesn't have time to drive to Colum... | AP | View | |||
| 95803 | Dec 2, 4:56pm | Atlanta | Fulton | GA | Caller is very frustrated. Caller was sent an absentee ballot and threw it away – she never requested it. At the polls, ... | AP | View |
| 95776 | Dec 1, 5:35pm | DC | AP | View | |||
| 95775 | Dec 1, 5:33pm | MD | AP | View | |||
| 95773 | Dec 1, 4:59pm | Terrell | Kaufman | TX | Caller's absentee ballot was rejected in Kaufman County, Texas. Caller received her ballot rejection around 8 days after... | AP | View |
| 95764 | Nov 26, 4:30pm | Acton | Los Angeles | CA | Requested that an absentee ballot be sent to his Wyoming address. The ballot was sent to his California address instead ... | AP | View |
| 95754 | Nov 25, 6:38pm | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA | Voter requested absentee ballots for voter and spouse. Did not receive them. Made numerous calls to Philadelphia voting ... | AP | View |
| 95752 | Nov 25, 6:24pm | MA | Caller requested absentee ballot, but it did not arrive. Left VM day before election day. Unable to get to polls. | AP | View | ||
| 95750 | Nov 25, 5:40pm | AL | Voter was out of state and requested an absentee ballot in a timely fashion. Did not receive absentee ballot, so called ... | AP | View | ||
| 95748 | Nov 25, 5:10pm | Atlanta | Fulton | GA | Caller is from GA and his son, a first-time voter, goes to school in Boston. The son has attempted to register to vote ... | AP | View |
| 95740 | Nov 24, 6:44pm | OR | Voter inquired whether her absentee vote would count even if she did not receive a "secrecy envelope." | AP | View | ||
| 95738 | Nov 24, 5:18pm | Glen Gardner | Hunterdon | NJ | Voter registered twice and said that she ordered absentee ballots twice, but never received anything except a sample bal... | AP | View |
| 95732 | Nov 24, 3:21pm | Albuquerque | Bernalillo | NM | Voter repeatedly requested absentee ballot, was only sent after third attempt and arrived the Saturday before Election D... | AP | View |
| 95730 | Nov 24, 3:07pm | Saint Louis | St. Louis | MO | Caller assisted college age children with requesting absentee ballots. Two of the three did not receive the ballots. The... | AP | View |
| 95722 | Nov 24, 11:06am | CO | Student attends college outside of her homestate. She requested an absentee ballot from Colorado but did not receive on... | AP, SP | View | ||
| 95717 | Nov 21, 5:21pm | AP | View | ||||
| 95713 | Nov 21, 4:25pm | CA | voter and wife mailed absentee ballots from Canada, but wife's ballot was returned for no discernible reason. voter conc... | AP | View | ||
| 95706 | Nov 21, 3:14pm | Virginia Beach | Virginia Beach | VA | Caller is registered to vote Virginia Beach, VA. She is a student Student at Virginia Tech, which is in Blacksburg, VA ... | AP | View |
| 95690 | Nov 21, 11:17am | Louisville | Jefferson | KY | Nephew was in hospital and was unable to vote because told he needed an emergency medical ballot. Told you had to reque... | AP | View |
| 95680 | Nov 20, 4:20pm | CA | Daughter requested an absentee ballot late Sept. Followed-up with it throughtout month of Oct. because ballot was not de... | AP | View | ||
| 95624 | Nov 18, 5:50pm | VA | Voter is trying to determine what happened to the absentee ballots sent to military personnel and whether or not they we... | AP | View | ||
| 95587 | Nov 18, 9:32am | La Place | St. John The Baptist | LA | didnt receive her absentee ballot, faxed application on Oct. 29. at that time, asked if he could have ballot faxed to h... | AP | View |
| 95580 | Nov 17, 5:55pm | Albany | Albany | NY | Voter requested absentee ballot but never received it. | AP | View |
| 95577 | Nov 17, 5:32pm | Talbotton | Talbot | GA | Caller said there were problems in the county regarding absentee ballots. Calles said that there was a hearing on the i... | AP | View |
| 95558 | Nov 14, 2:55pm | Shellman | Randolph | GA | Voter returned absentee ballot about one month prior to Election Day, and on November 7th, she received a notification t... | AP | View |
| 95544 | Nov 14, 10:47am | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge | LA | daughter's son in law requested erly ballot, son received his, daughter did not. called SoS to report, SoS has no record... | AP | View |
| 95525 | Nov 13, 12:28pm | Abita Springs | St. Tammany | LA | student abroad tried to vote absentee, never received ballot | AP, SP | View |
| 95498 | Nov 12, 4:45pm | Littleton | Arapahoe | CO | Voter lived at 3 addresses since 9/30/08. Reuqested mail-in ballot that never arrived. Voter confused why he can't vote ... | AP | View |
| 95488 | Nov 12, 1:57pm | Reserve | St. John The Baptist | LA | Father in hospital, did not get to vote because didn't know Friday was the deadline, unable to leave hospital. | AP | View |
| 95487 | Nov 12, 1:41pm | CO | Message: Voter's son and daughter (at different addresses) did not receive secret sleeve with their MIBs. Wants to know ... | AP | View | ||
| 95451 | Nov 11, 4:59pm | Littleton | Arapahoe | CO | AP | View | |
| 95450 | Nov 11, 4:54pm | Commerce City | Adams | CO | Voter requested mail-in ballot at least two months prior. Called Adams Co Election Office on 10/31 and spoke to someone ... | AP | View |
| 95449 | Nov 11, 4:41pm | Arvada | Jefferson | CO | Voter and wife went to precinct to vote and were marked as requesting a MIB. They have lived at current address for 30 y... | AP | View |
