Number: RL32653 Title: State Election Laws: Overview of Statutes Providing for Provisional Ballot Tabulation Authors: L. Paige Whitaker and Arthur Traldi, American Law Division Abstract: This report provides a summary of state statutes providing for the tabulation of provisional ballots. The first section contains summaries of District of Columbia and state provisional voting tabulation statutes, organized in alphabetical order; the second section contains summaries of five state statutes providing for election-day registration (also known as same-day registration), organized in alphabetical order; and the third section contains a summary of one state statute providing that voter registration is not a requirement for voting. Pages: 16 Date: October 28, 2004