As we do after every election L2 is aggressively working to collect the latest returns for all 50 states and Washington, D.C., our process and timeline are outlined below…
The Election Day Return Process
Immediately after an election takes place, L2 works with Secretary of State and Board of Election offices to aggressively acquire fresh files with certified results as quickly as possible. Providing the certified results ensures that we have a complete file of those currently registered voters who voted in the most recent election. This prevents gaps in the return data that would exist by releasing a file before it’s fully coded. We occasionally make exceptions to this when there is a great demand for a specific state.
Timing
Like with all voter file collection, the timing and processes vary by state. In many cases, states require months before releasing a fully coded file with the majority of the states releasing their file sometime between January and March of the year following the November general election. Due to the massive new registration and voter turnout in this year’s general election along with procedural changes and potential legal challenges, we expect some states to delay their releases an additional one to four weeks beyond the timing we’ve seen in the past.
Expected Release Dates**
**NOTE: These dates are estimations based on when the file has come available to L2 over the past 4 years after the November General Election. As stated above the 2020 general election had a record turnout a combination of the turnout, procedural changes in how the election was held along with potential court cases may delay returns as well.
AK – Early March
AL – UPDATED
AR – UPDATED
AZ – UPDATED
CA – UPDATED
CO – UPDATED
CT – Early March
DC – UPDATED
DE – Early March
FL – UPDATED
GA – UPDATED
HI – Early March
IA – Mid March
ID – Mid March
IL – Mid March
IN – UPDATED
KS – Mid March
KY – Early March
LA – Mid March
MA – UPDATED
MD – UPDATED
ME – Mid March
MI – UPDATED
MN – UPDATED
MO – UPDATED
MS – Mid March
MT – UPDATED
NC – Early March
ND – Early March
NE – UPDATED
NH – Mid March
NJ – Mid March
NM – Mid March
NV – UPDATED
NY – Early March
OH – UPDATED
OK – UPDATED
OR – UPDATED
PA – UPDATED
RI – UPDATED
SC – Mid March
SD – UPDATED
TN – Mid February
TX – Early March
UT – Early March
VA – UPDATED
VT – Early March
WA – UPDATED
WI – Mid March
WV – Late March
WY – UPDATED
