2024 election resources for voters

More than 70 million people have already voted* in the 2024 elections through early voting or mail-in ballots. Early voting will be wrapping up Saturday in states across the South and country, with tens of millions more voters heading to the polls on Election Day.

After Donald Trump and Republican activists attempted to delay certification of the 2020 elections and overturn the results based on false claims of fraud, voters have faced a barrage of conflicting and often false information about the voting process, how ballots are collected and verified, and rules for election certification. Below is a guide to several reliable sources of 2024 election information.

How to Vote

Two trustworthy sources of voting information — including information about early, mail-in, and Election Day voting rules, and the hours polls are open in each state — include:

Vote.gov - Official government website of the General Services Administration

Vote.org - Nonprofit, nonpartisan voter information website

Election Protection

Election Protection hotlines offer phone numbers you can call to ask questions about voting or troubleshoot any election issues you encounter.

NATIONAL HOTLINES run by more than 300 local, state, and national nonpartisan organizations:

English: 866-OUR-VOTE / 866-687-8683

Spanish/English: 888-VE-Y-VOTA / 888-839-8682

Asian Languages/English: 888-API-VOTE / 888-274-8683

Arabic/English: 844-YALLA-US / 844-925-5287

NORTH CAROLINA HOTLINE run by Democracy North Carolina:

1-888-OUR VOTE / 888-687-8683

How Votes Are Counted, Verified, and Certified

Rules for counting and certifying elections, including the deadlines, are unique to each state, which is why election results are finalized at different times across the country.

Results, Canvass, and Certification is an overview of the different steps in the vote-counting and certification process. (U.S. Election Assistance Commission)

Canvass Deadlines provides the date by which each state must finish their canvass, which the U.S. Election Assistance Commission defines as the “compilation of election returns and validation of the outcome [of the election] that forms the basis of the official results by political subdivision.” (National Conference of State Legislatures)

Election Certification Deadlines offers the date by which each state certifies their elections, which the Election Assistance Commission defines as “the process of election officials attesting that the tabulation and canvassing of the election are complete and accurate and that the election results are a true and accurate accounting of all votes cast in a particular election." (National Conference of State Legislatures)

Election Certification, Explained reviews election certification laws in states, unlawful challenges to certification, and guardrails in states to prevent bad actors from illegally blocking certification, including rules in Georgia and North Carolina. (Protect Democracy)

Roadmap to the Official Count in the 2024 Election goes through each step in the voting process, from what happens after ballots are received through processing and counting ballots, curing ballots with errors, the vote canvass, audits, recounts (if necessary), and certification. (Brennan Center for Justice)

* Updated Saturday, November 2 at 10:45 a.m.