Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 13, 2020
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October 13, 2020: During the 2016 Presidential Election, 1.0% of all mail-in ballots were rejected.[1]
Roughly half of the ballots rejected had problems relating to signatures. That included ballots whose signature did not match the signature on file (27.5%), ballots with no signature (20.0%), and ballots with no witness signature (3.0%).[1]
Another 23% were rejected because of a missed deadline. Either the ballot was not sent or received on time.[1]
Numerically, in 2016, rejected absentee/mail-in ballots made up roughly 320,000 of the 33 million absentee/mail-in ballots submitted.[1]
In the 2018 mid-term elections, 1.4% of all mail-in ballots were rejected.[1]
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See also
- Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day
- Rejected absentee/mail-in ballots in the 2016 and 2018 elections
- Presidential election, 2016
- Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
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