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It is not common for a mail-in ballot to be rejected. In a report on the 2020 election, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission found that 98.8% of mail-in ballots were counted and 0.8% were rejected.
Voters in Minnesota rejected a voter ID proposal on the 2012 general election ballot by a margin of 54–46%. [52] It is the only such ballot defeat for a voter ID law in the country. [citation needed]
Thousands of Texas voters' mail-in ballots for midterm primary elections have been rejected for failing to comply with new Republican-backed identification requirements passed in the wake of ...
A new voting provision on ID numbers was the main reason that Texas absentee applications and mail ballots were rejected in the state’s primary elections in March, according to a study released ...
Section 5 of the act requires state motor vehicle offices to provide an opportunity for voter registration to anyone at the same time that they apply for a new or renewed driver's license or state identification card, and to require the state to forward the completed application to the appropriate state or local election official.
HB 554 prevents people from voting in New Hampshire if they maintained a domicile address in another state; HB 362 forbids students from registering to vote at their college address; and HB 429 prohibits the use of a college ID as a voter ID. As of February 8, 2021, at least seven other bills that would restrict voting access have been ...
Of those rejected mail-in ballots, the most common reason for rejection was mismatched signatures, at 32.8%. In the 2020 presidential election, 157,477 ballots were rejected for this reason.
Since 2013, at least 29 states have passed 94 restrictive voting laws, including stricter voter ID requirements, reductions in early voting periods, and restrictions on mail-in voting. [11] In 2023 alone, more than 322 restrictive voting bills were introduced in 45 states. [ 12 ]