Follow these steps to ensure your absentee ballot is counted

COMMITMENT 2014 TONIGHT. BRINGS AN IMPORTANT WARNING. WE'RE TOLD THIS ELECTION YEAR. MIGHT NOT BE COUNTED.

FLORIDA'S AUGUST PRIMARY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE'S VOTES WERE. NOT COUNTED. GREG FOSS IS HERE WITH US.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BALLOTS. WILL GO UNCOUNTED. Reporter: IT'S HARD TO. BELIEVE BUT TRUE AND THE U.S.

ELECTION ASSISTANCE FOUND IN. 2012 MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A. MILLION ABSENTEE BALLOTS WERE. REJECTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ONE BIG REASON THAT HAPPENS IS. BECAUSE VOTERS FORGET TO SIGN. THE ENVELOPE WHEN MAILING BACK. THEIR ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS BOX. OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS, MORE THAN. 400 OF THEM, AND UNLESS THEY ARE. FIXED, THEY WON'T BE COUNTED.

WHY? BECAUSE THEY DON'T SIGN THE. ENVELOPE. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE VERY. CLEAR.

THERE'S A BIG RED BOX FOR YOU TO. SIGN. Reporter: FIRST TOLD IN. AUGUST ABOUT A NEW STATE LAW.

THAT LETS VOTERS TO CORRECT THE. PROBLEM TO ENSURE THEIR VOTES. WILL BE COUNTED, TAKING YOU STEP. BY STEP THROUGH THE WEBSITE TO.

CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR. ABSENTEE BALLOT AND IF IT SHOWS. IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND NOT. COUNTED, HOW TO FILL OUT ON.

AFFIDAVIT AND RETURN IT TO THE. ELECTIONS OFFICE. SOME SUPERVISORS INCLUDING. ORANGE COUNTY ARE SENDING.

LETTERS TO VOTERS WHO FAIL TO. SIGN AFTERNOON ABSENTEE BALLOT. ENVELOPES SAYING IF YOU WANT. YOUR BALLOT COUNTED, MUST SIGN.

YOUR BALLOT THROUGH SATURDAY. MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE DID AND. WILL HAVE THEIR BALLOTS. COUNTED.

CLOSER WE GET TO THE. ELECTION, THE DEADLINE BY STATE. LAW BY 5:00, THE MONDAY NIGHT. BEFORE THE ELECTION TO GET THAT.

FOR WORK HERE SO THEIR BALLOT. CAN MOVE TO THE COUNTY. Reporter: EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT. NOTE TBIED YOUR MISTAKE, YOU CAN.

PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL OR. THROUGH THE ELECTION OFFICER'S. WEBSITE AND VERIFY YOUR BALLOT. WILL BE RECEIVED.

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND. WE'RE HELPING YOU FIND OUT IF. YOUR BALLOT IS IN AN UNACCEPTED. CATEGORY BUT YOU CAN FIX IT, DO.

IT. TWO BIG DEADLINES FOR YOU TO. KEEP IN MIND, ALL ABSENTEE. BALLOTS MUST BE TURNED IN BY.

7:00 P.M. ELECTION DAY. IF YOU FAIL TO SIGN YOUR BALLOT. ENVELOPE, YOU HAVE UNTIL 5:00 THE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER THIRD IN THIS CASE, TO..