Hey there, I'm Bethany Van Delft and this is The Ten News, the show where in the time it takes to fill in all the little bubbles on a voting ballot, we find out what's up in the world.

In today's Election Day episode, we'll learn what happens to a ballot after its cast, take a trip through the history of voting rights, talk to an expert about the United

States Constitution, and find out what American symbol accidentally took out a government

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It's Election Day, the official day Americans vote for our elected leaders.

But what actually happens to all those votes?

How do they get counted?

Let's go to our correspondent,

Pamela Kirkland, to follow the journey of a ballot.

It's election day, and millions of voters around the country have already cast their vote for President of the United States.

Some of them opted to vote early instead of heading to the polls today.

I decided that I would vote by mail this election.

I contacted my local election office in September and asked them to send me a ballot so I could mark my vote and turn it in.

Place your ballot in the white envelope.

In Georgia, you choose the candidates you want to vote for by filling in a bubble form.

You put the ballot into its envelope,

then you sign it. Election boards use your signature to make sure you only vote once, and that the person who requested the ballot is the same person who's returning it.

All right. Now you've got to drop them off.

After I filled out my ballot, I drove to my local election office and dropped it in the

drop box.

She did a good job.

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