Alabama
Code of Ala. §17-11-10 |
By precinct. Absentee ballots are delivered to precinct polling places where they are counted and otherwise handled as if the voter were present and voting in person. |
Alaska
Alaska Stat. §15.20.201 |
By election district. |
Arizona
Ariz. Stat. §16-622 |
By precinct. |
Arkansas
A.C.A. § 7-5-416
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By precinct. |
California
West's Ann. Cal. Elec. Code §15373 |
By precinct. |
Colorado
Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 1-7-601 |
By precinct. |
Connecticut
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-150a, §9-147a |
By voting district. |
Delaware
15 Del. C. § 5510 |
By district, with absentee ballots reported separately. |
District of Columbia
D.C. Mun. Regs. Tit. 3, § 808 |
By precinct. |
Florida
West's F.S.A. § 101.68, §98.0981 |
By precinct. |
Georgia
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386 |
By precinct. |
Hawaii
HRS § 15-9, §11-152 |
By precinct. |
Idaho
Idaho Code § 34-1007 |
By precinct. |
Illinois
10 ILCS 5/19-8 |
By precinct. |
Indiana
IC 3-11.5-7-1 |
By precinct. |
Iowa
Iowa Code §53.23 |
Each county establishes a special “absentee ballot and special voters precinct.” Results from the special precinct are reported separately. For general elections, results are also reported by the resident precinct of voters. For all other elections, absentee results may be reported as a single precinct. |
Kansas
K.S.A. § 25-1134 |
By precinct. |
Kentucky
KRS § 117.087 |
By precinct. |
Louisiana
LSA-R.S. 18:573 |
Absentee and early voting votes are reported separately from precinct totals. |
Maine
21-A M.R.S.A. § 759 |
By precinct, with military and overseas results counted centrally and reported separately. |
Maryland
MD Code, Election Law, § 11-302 |
By district, with absentee ballots reported separately. |
Massachusetts
M.G.L.A. 54 § 33H |
By precinct. |
Michigan
MCLS §168.765 et seq. |
By precinct. |
Minnesota
M.S.A. §203B.121 |
In state primary and general elections absentee vote totals are added to the returns for the appropriate precinct. For other elections, vote totals may be added to the precinct or reported as a separate total. |
Mississippi
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-
603 |
By precinct. |
Missouri
V.A.M.S. 115.507 |
Absentee votes are reported separately, except where such reporting would disclose how any single voter cast his or her vote. |
Montana
Mont. Code Anno. § 13-15-404 |
By precinct. |
Nebraska
Neb. Rev. Stat. §32-1036 |
By precinct. |
Nevada
Nev. Stat. §293.325, §293.333 |
By precinct. The returns of absent ballots must be reported separately from the regular votes of the precinct, unless reporting the returns separately would violate the secrecy of a voter's ballot. |
New Hampshire
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:49 |
Absentee ballots are reported separately, by precinct. |
New Jersey
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Not specified. |
New Mexico
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Not specified. |
New York
McKinney's Election Law § 9-209 |
By election district. |
North Carolina
N.C.G.S.A. § 163A-1315 |
By precinct, with absentee ballots reported separately. |
North Dakota
NDCC 16.1-07-12.1 |
An absentee ballot precinct is established for counting all absentee ballots in the county. |
Ohio
Ohio Rev. Code § 3509.06 |
By precinct. |
Oklahoma
26 Okl. St. Ann. § 7-136 |
By precinct. |
Oregon
O.R.S. § 254.485 |
By precinct. |
Pennsylvania
25 P.S. § 3146.8 |
Absentee ballots are distributed to the voter’s election district, counted there and included with the district returns. |
Rhode Island
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-20-26 |
Absentee ballots are counted centrally but reported by election district. |
South Carolina
S.C. Code § 7-15-420
|
An absentee voting precinct is established in each county. |
South Dakota
SDCL § 12-19-37, ARSD 5:02:14:04
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Each county establishes an absentee ballot precinct and absentee ballots are counted in that precinct, unless a paper ballot precinct has 10 or fewer absentee ballots cast at the time the polls open on Election Day, in which case absentee ballots in that precinct are counted at the polling place. Tally sheets include a space for results by precinct. |
Tennessee
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-6-304 |
By precinct. |
Texas
V.T.C.A., Election Code §67.017
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By precinct. The results report includes the number of voters that voted early in-person and absentee in each precinct. |
Utah
U.C.A. § 20A-3-309 |
By precinct. Absentee votes are added to the official return of each voting precinct. |
Vermont
17 V.S.A. § 2546a |
Not specified. |
Virginia
VA Code Ann.
§ 24.2-712
|
Each county or city may establish one or more central absentee voter precincts. |
Washington
West's RCWA
29A.60.070
|
Counties must produce cumulative and precinct returns. |
West Virginia
W. Va. Code, § 3-3-8 |
By precinct. Absentee ballots are delivered to polling places to be counted. |
Wisconsin
W.S.A. 6.88, 7.52 |
By ward (similar to a precinct elsewhere). |
Wyoming
W.S § 22-9-118, § 22-16-103 |
Absentee ballots are delivered to polling places for counting unless the county adopts an alternate procedure to count them centrally. The number of electors voting in person and by absentee ballot by precinct at the election is reported. |