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Our organization does not run elections and cannot provide legal advice. If you are a voter looking for assistance, please contact your local election official. You can find your local election official's website and contact information by using this database from the US Vote Foundation.

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NCSL Election Resources

The NCSL elections team provides a variety of resources on election issues, including but not limited to 50-state surveys on state laws, legislation databases, a monthly elections newsletter, enactment summaries and other publications.

Ballot Duplication

Paper ballots are often counted on vote tabulation machines, which scan each ballot to record the voter’s selections. If a ballot is defective or damaged, the machine may not be able to read it. In many states, those defective or damaged ballots will be duplicated, meaning election officials copy the voter’s choices onto a new ballot that can be scanned. Ballot duplication is used to preserve a voter’s intent while maintaining the efficiency of using vote tabulation machines. It is also known as
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