Glossary
Ballot status ('returned?')
Whether a given voter's mail ballot has been received by officials. Voters can check their own ('Where's My Ballot'); campaigns can see it across the electorate through authorized voter data.
Where this term appears
- Statewide ballot tracking — the system behind 'Where's My Ballot' — became law in 2018.Claim
- Stop lists (in industry jargon, 'suppression lists')Campaign operation
- Senate hearing, Feb. 18, 2005 — 'O Voter, Where Art Thou?'Law
- Get-out-the-vote (GOTV): doors, phones, texts, mailCampaign operation
- Ballot chasing (the feedback loop)Campaign operation