More than 1 million mail-in ballots may be rejected, say experts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sixty percent of voters — nearly 70 million people — are projected to vote by mail nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic. Those who study absentee rejection rates estimate that 1 percent to 2 percent of those votes — potentially more than 1 million — won't count, which could make a difference in battleground states.

"The vote-by-mail ballot rejections are going to be the hanging chads of 2000," said Daniel Smith, a professor of political science at the University of Florida.

The risk of ballot rejection varies by demographics and geography. The rate of rejection tends to be higher for Black, Hispanic, female and younger voters, as well as for people who don't usually vote by mail.

Experts say it also tends to be higher in states that don't normally have a lot of absentee ballots — a category that includes the battleground states of Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. All five had less than 10 percent of turnout by mail in 2016, and they will see huge increases in mail votes this fall.

https://news.yahoo.com/more-1-million-mail-ballots-090049801.html

Just how dumbshit wants it.

[greenjar_01]

1. Fear mongering garbage

That is all.

[Thekaspervote]

2. What is the average number, or percentage of ballots rejected in past elections..anyone know?

[Hoyt]

4. According to Ballotpedia --

"Between the 2016 and 2018 general elections, the percentage of rejected absentee/mail-in ballots increased from 1.0% of all absentee/mail-in ballots returned in 2016 to 1.4% in 2018. Numerically, rejected absentee/mail-in ballots made up roughly 320,000 of the 33 million absentee/mail-in ballots submitted in the 2016 general election and 420,000 of the 30 million submitted in 2018.

"In terms of total turnout, rejected absentee/mail-in ballots represented 0.2% of the 140 million votes cast in 2016 and 0.4% of the 120 million cast in 2018."

https://ballotpedia.org/Rejected_absentee/mail-in_ballots_in_the_2016_and_2018_elections

[Thekaspervote]

7. Thx!

[Hoyt]

3. Yeah, majority rejected will be late ballots or improper completion. Democrats have better sense.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Fear porn. There's no sign of a significant amount of ballots being rejected.

[unc70]

6. Mail-in rejections in NC --about 6/850k

Most of those rejections are because of signature or witness issues and are being cured by local boards. North Carolina mostly votes early in person or on election day.

There is the other issue of provisional ballots. Most of those issues are investigated and resolved while voting is in progress.

[Klaralven]

8. Rate of rejection tends to be higher for females?

It's not very obvious why this should be. Male and female SAT scores are essentially equal on the verbal part.

I thought it was guys who couldn't/won't follow directions?