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Provisional Voting
If you try to vote and are denied, challenged or you applied for but never received an absentee/early voting ballot, you may vote a provisional ballot. To vote a provisional ballot, you must first complete and sign a provisional affirmation statement. This statement must include one of the following reasons for requesting a provisional ballot:
- Your name does not appear on the official poll list for an election or an election official assess that you are not eligible to vote or are unable to determine your eligibility.
- You are unable to or decline to provide the required proof of identity (see Voter Identification Requirements).
- Your name appears on the signature book as having requested an absentee/early voting ballot.
- Your name is marked on the signature book with a notation that registration mailings have been returned undeliverable.
- A hearing on a challenge to your eligibility as an elector has been postponed until after Election Day.
- Your signature, in the opinion of the precinct officials, does not match the signature on your registration form.
- Your eligibility to cast a ballot has been challenged by the precinct officials and you refuse to make the required statement.
If you have moved or changed your name and have not made those changes with the Erie County Board of Elections, you may also vote a provisional ballot. You must vote the ballot in your new precinct.
If you should have further questions,
please contact the Erie County Board of
Elections,