The states where you can change your mind after voting early

Wristbands for voters are seen at a polling station during early voting in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2016. (Photo: Jim Young/Reuters)
Wristbands for voters are seen at a polling station during early voting in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2016. (Photo: Jim Young/Reuters)

Donald Trump is now making a point of letting Americans know that they can change their vote if they want, and at his rallies and on Twitter he is encouraging any Clinton voters who have changed their mind to vote for him.

While some polling shows that the latest development in Clinton’s email scandal appears to have had minimal effect on the minds of voters, the Republican nominee is correct that voters in some states can indeed change their votes. However, in some of those states, the deadline is looming or has already passed.

In Wisconsin — where Trump spoke Tuesday night — voters are allowed to change their vote up to three times until Friday, Nov. 4. If requested, county clerks would retrieve a ballot from the vault where they’re kept, note that the voter had used up one of their “strikes” and then replace the ballot.

In Minnesota, which allows early voting by mail or in person, you are allowed to request to alter your ballot until a week prior to Election Day, which means voters there cannot alter their choice as of Tuesday.

Pennsylvania doesn’t allow early voting, but if you voted via an absentee ballot and are in your district on Election Day, you are allowed to go to your polling place and submit a new ballot. Mississippi also allows absentee voters to change their ballot as long as they go to their precinct and vote in person on Nov. 8. New York State absentee voters are also able to override any absentee ballot they cast by going to their local board of elections and requesting a new ballot.

The Connecticut secretary of state’s office told Yahoo News that absentee voters there can also alter their choice, but you have to go to your polling place and request to void your prior vote by 10 a.m. on Election Day. According to the Wall Street Journal, Michigan voters can rescind their absentee ballot until Saturday.

Florida allows you to return a mail-in ballot to your polling place to request a new one, but if you’ve already submitted your choice, you cannot change your vote. Colorado allows a very narrow window: If you mail in a vote and change your mind, you can switch it only if you beat your ballot to the county clerk’s office.

There was a report on Fox News that residents of Louisiana were allowed to change their vote. However, the Louisiana secretary of state’s office sent a tweet to Fox indicating that the information was incorrect and voters there are not allowed to change a ballot during early voting.

Voters in the potential battleground states of Arizona, North Carolina and Ohio are also out of luck: Laws there state that you can only vote once.