How can I make sure my Kansas vote was counted? Here’s when and where to check
It’s been one week since the general election, so you may be wondering if you can check to make sure your vote was counted.
While a person’s votes are private, their voting history is public information that can be easily found on the Kansas Secretary of State’s VoterView website.
To view your information, enter your first and last name and date of birth. From there, click “voting history,” where you will find a list of all the elections you participated in.
But for now at least, voters who cast votes Nov. 5 may not see this year’s general election under the list of elections they participated it. But don’t worry, just because your history hasn’t been updated doesn’t mean that your vote hasn’t been counted.
“Voter history is not posted immediately after an in-person vote is cast but is done so after each county certifies the election,” Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
According to Sedgwick County’s election calendar, the post-Election Day audit is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 12, while the county canvass is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14. The audit’s purpose is to verify that the voting machines accurately tallied the results while the county canvass will certify the results.
Schwab said that once the county certifies the election results, county officials will then enter individuals’ voting history. That should happen across the state by Dec. 1, Schwab said.
Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Laura Rainwater said that Sedgwick County voters’ history will be updated the week of Nov. 18.
How can I track my mail-in ballot?
If you voted by mail, checking your voting history is easier. That’s because your ballot status is automatically updated as it goes through the process.
In Sedgwick County, if your ballot was dropped off by 7 p.m. on Election Day (in a ballot box, at a polling place or at the election office) or mailed to the election office and postmarked by Election Day and received by Friday, Nov. 8, your vote was counted.
If the county office got your ballot returned to them in time, your ballot status will say “accepted” on VoterView’s website. You can access that information just as you access other voting information, by entering your name and date of birth.
