Recently, the search for “can I change my vote” peaked on Google. In fact, 14 states in the U.S. have actually allowed voters who regret voting early to re-vote.
According to media outlets such as Fox News and Business Inside, since October, the election landscape has changed in ways that voters did not expect, with many voters who had already voted early calling their state election boards to ask about re-voting. The 14 states in the U.S. that currently allow re-voting are: Arkansas, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi and New Mexico.
Ballot recounts require election officials to laboriously locate the cast ballots and redo the paperwork. For example, in Wisconsin, voters have the right to vote three times, which means they can revote twice; Michigan allows early voters to ask election officials to invalidate or void their ballots and return a new ballot by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before election day, or to vote again in person at the polls by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday before election day. New York State, on the other hand, allows voters who change their mind to cast a new ballot earlier or in person on Election Day. New Hampshire will allow voters to cast a new ballot in person on Election Day only if the election officials determine that there is sufficient time and that the ballots have not been counted.
President Trump, who is running for re-election, tweeted on the 27th that the “can I vote again” Google search trend turned strong immediately after the second debate, representing a change of heart among voters to support him; but Fox News pointed out that Trump was wrong, and that the “can I vote again” Google search spiked only five days after the second debate.
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