So you mailed in your ballot. How do you know if it made it to the right place?

You did your due diligence.

You knew you could not make it to the voting booth, so you mailed in your ballot.

But then you start thinking: Did it get there on time? Has it been received and counted? Or did it just go into the ether?

You may have reason to worry.

According to a recent ACLU report, vote-by-mail ballots cast in the 2012 and 2016 general election had a higher rejection rate than votes cast at both assigned precincts on Election Day and at early voting sites.

The main issue? Signatures. Some people forget to sign, or don’t sign the way they normally do. But getting your John Hancock is a requirement by law.

Vote-by-mail ballots are processed through Pitney Bowes’ Reliavote, which automatically captures the signature on the envelope. Once the images are captured, the signature verification process begins to determine whether the signature is the same as is on record. If there is a question with the signatures matching, elections staff puts it through a review process. They will have the final say whether to accept it or presume it invalid.

Mother Jones reported as of last Thursday, 15,765 people personally turned in or mailed absentee ballots with some kind of signature problem and that those ballots could be thrown out.

So did yours make it through? How do you know if it’s invalid or not?

First off: Try to relax. The Tampa Bay Times reports that as of Monday, no ballots have been rejected in the state of Florida.

The first place to track your status of your ballot in Miami-Dade County, is to click on this link. In Broward, click here.

All Floridians can click on the Florida Department of State’s website. Just fill in your information (name and date of birth) and search to see if your ballot is received.

If there’s an issue with your signature, the websites should note that.

Dade voters also have the option of calling the Elections Supervisor’s customer service number at 305-499-8444 to confirm that their ballot has been received. In Broward, call 954-357-7055.

If it hasn’t been received, you still have time to submit something called a cure affidavit (basically a form to fix the issue) with your signature and a copy of proper identification by 5 p.m. Monday. This affidavit is for a voter who returns a vote‐by‐mail ballot that does not include the voter’s signature or whose signature does not match the one on file.

You can also appear in person at your local election headquarters with the proper ID to fill out an affidavit by 5 p.m. Monday. So hurry.

This story was originally published November 5, 2018 at 1:39 PM.