When you need to ask for a Provisional Ballot.

Under the circumstances listed below you may be offered a Provisional Ballot, but you may not be. Just ask!

It's important to know about provisional or emergency ballots and how they work. No system is perfect, and if for some reason you are told you can't vote by way of the voting booth, you can still vote by provisional or emergency ballot Here are instances where you will need to vote using a provisional ballot.

• Your name is not on the poll list of voters, but you have registered.

• You moved within the county, but have not registered at your new address, and also have not voted at your previous address. (If you’ve moved and have not registered at your new address you can still vote at your previous address until you complete the change of address on your voter registration.)

• You're a first-time voter and you did not provide accepted ID when you registered (ex. by mail), and did not bring it with you on Election Day.

• If you were marked ID Required at your polling place, but were unable to show ID, you can vote by provisional ballot. But for your vote to count, you must bring acceptable ID to the appropriate county office within 48 hours. Poll workers must give you a form that tells you the address to where you must show your ID.

• You requested a mail-in ballot but didn’t receive it in time, or you are marked as being an absentee voter, but decided to go to the polls to vote in person

How to vote by provisional ballot.

• The board worker will give you a paper ballot and an envelope.

• The board worker must provide you with a place to complete the ballot in secret.

• Put the completed ballot in the envelope and seal it. (You can ask for assistance)

• Sign and complete the Affirmation Statement that is attached to the envelope. DO NOT DETACH the Affirmation Statement. If you do not sign the Affirmation Statement, your ballot will not be counted.

• Give the envelope to the board worker.

• Watch the board worker put the envelope into the provisional ballot bag, or you may put your ballot into the bag yourself.

If you make a mistake filling it out, you have the right to ask the board worker for another ballot.

Ballots are not counted at the polling place. All provisional ballots are taken to the County Commissioner of Registration’s office after the close of the polls for verification and counting by the County the County Board of Election.