Coronavirus Surge in Mail Voting Likely to Lead to More Rejected Ballots

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As more Americans turn to voting by mail, some election officials are already seeing the kinds of mistakes that could lead to large volumes of ballots being disqualified

Some fraction of mail-in ballots are disqualified every election. Around 1% of them was rejected nationally in the 2016 general election, according to the federal U.S.

Election Assistance Commission. Common reasons include ballots being received after the deadline or voters not signing the ballot envelope or supplying a signature that...

 

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Is anyone tabulating, keeping track of the reported cases of mail ballots being lost, thrown out, sent to the wrong addresses, return address is not the same as the sent to address?

Fake news

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'there's no problem with mail-in voting' -- two hours later 'ballots are being disqualified because of stupid things'

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Vote in person!!

Looks like Trump’s right about mail in ballots!! It’s the single biggest fraud!!

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When is the WSJ finally going to admit Trump was right.

Mark only Republicans, right? 🙄

Even if the voter makes a mistake, no ballot will get thrown out until the lawyers show up. They show up with their list of voters belonging to the “wrong” party, and object to the “mistake” hoping to deny a voter their right to vote.

Let’s be honest. If you can’t follow the directions, that should disqualify you from voting.

If only we could have foreseen this!

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This won’t happen in person

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I tell you, if you put the polling booths at Walmart, everyone that can ride one of those buggies can vote in person.

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It's called follow instructions.

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Vote in person. It’ll count

SethAbramson These ballots are intentionally made difficult to fill out.

SethAbramson Who are the 'election officials' who are disqualifying ballots?

SethAbramson Couldn’t the headline have been: Voters need to take care when filling out Vote by Mail ballots. Common mistakes to avoid. MSM, you suck.

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SethAbramson Idiots? Don’t they teach Americans to read?

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SethAbramson If you're a healthy person we've got to consider voting in person. -wear mask -bring chair -umbrella -sun screen -water -snacks -phone charger -voting age family, friends, neighbors Whatever you need in your part of U.S. in order to comfortably social distance in line. voteblue

SethAbramson They should communicate to the public the common mistakes they’re seeing (say thru social media) and avail options for those to correct their ballot then.

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SethAbramson Hey, do some math on the good ones. Lemme know.

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SethAbramson Americans stupidity, lack of interest in reading, learning and paying attention has always been their undoing. We will see record number ballot disqualifications.

SethAbramson Oh please, you seal and sign it, I've been voting by mail for 15 years

SethAbramson They all need to be counted! Call the voter and get any mistakes fixed.

I hope that these ballots don't get disqualified. The American people need to have their voices heard!

Let us start a bit of positivity here. We have an Election that means Our Democracy is on the line! We don't need to fuel propaganda as a headline! Get out and do some mentoring at Senior Homes. Help voters. zoom,teleconferencing!

Because no one has ever warned of the problems with mail-in voting. 🙄🙄 Still, Democrats are voting by mail and then will cry that it’s a faulty system.

Aren’t those envelopes, supposed to be opened at voting day?

If only there was some way a president could learn about covid without actually having to catch it himself.

I would say mostly democrats voting by mail so who cares!

My friend just got two ballots for people who lived at his residence in 2012. They’ve been out of state ever since.

Shocked no senators are vying for VoteByPhone. [SenatorCollins, SenAngusKing]

I dont think anyone reads the article. Also, when a headline goes your way, you lap it up like dogs. But when a story comes out disputing yur supreme leader 'kim ju- kill americans for russia' trump. Its fake news. Cant have it both ways.

Hmm, thought there wasn’t anything to suggest that it could be ineffective. It could be used for fraudulent things as well.

Need to stop the fraud. Everyone can vote in person.

Who could have predicted this? Seriously logic is not hard on this one

No matter who you want in the White House, neither candidate deserves full power...please keep the congress split.

Eliminate any doubt and vote in person, on Election Day.

Some argue about voting by mail. This may be another 4 years of the current leadership based on honest mistakes of filling out the mail-in-bailout. It is in both parties interest to support those who are using mail-in-ballot

Why don't they just say to forget it, and we vote on electronic voting machines as usual on Election Day? There's no reason for all this mail-in confusion. If we can use an ATM or credit card machine, we can vote as usual.

FlaDems

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It shouldn’t matter - it’s the electoral college that makes a president anyway. Still vote, but remember Bush/Gore and Clinton/Trump races won popular vote and still lost the presidency.

Humans make mistakes daily,,,chill out

Novice mail in voters + novice mail in election office = disaster

People should be notified and allow to resend or vote in person, if error is based in a technicality.

According to confidential sources, it appears that the majority of Americans are mistakenly voting Republican in the presidential election, despite how are 'expert' pollsters told them to vote.

Works for me, as we know that Democrats as a whole are less well educated and can't follow the simplest of directions. Without someone telling them exactly how to think or what to do, they'll be lost!

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Propaganda from State Media.

They do it in Texas all the time! If it's a democratic vote they throw it out!

Impossible! The Experts tell us mass unsolicited ballots are problem free!

Dumbasses

If the Liberals lose they have a plan to tie up the election in court for years and claiming the mail in votes were not properly counted. They are like the Communists. They lose at the ballot box but they create mayhem until they win.

Way to add bullshit to the fire.

Trump and all the others that have tested positive for COVID should be tested by outside medical experts!!!!

If you can go to Walmart you can go vote.

Deep blue SF had more rejected mail-in ballots in 2018 in favor of white vs. Latino and Asian minorities, but hey the news won’t put that in the cycle cuz it damaged the image of Democrats

I think trump is lying about having covid, his bad handling of the pandemic has made him cause a hoax for sympathy and attention. No covid patients ride around town or pose for photo ops! Now he is getting released? America is not that stupid! Trump is, and always has been a liar

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Either those potential sources of error should have been taken care of beforehand or - if it's already as simple as it gets - those voters should have put some more effort in to adapt and ensure their voices are getting heard

Good, maybe that will drive voters to the polls where voters should vote. Stand it line, cast your ballot, feels good.

Absolutely shocked by this!

Everyone VoteEarly. If you make a mistake, your state NEEDS TO HELP YOU!

Also, the sky is blue.

They should wake up and go vote unless sick or need an absentee ballot!

At least someone admits it's a disaster. DERRR

..... meaning.... TrumpWasRight

I didn't have a witness to sign my ballot so I signed it with a made up name because needing a witness is bill shit anyway.

Vote in person!

Colorado, Washington, the military and the orange blob have been using mail in ballots for decades ! Right wing fear-mongering morons😡

Bull 💩😡

Trial lawyers are salivating

“mistakes” Haha

The US voting system is very primitive. The US is a country with so many great things, great people, a vibrant democracy, a huge cultural production, but still vote by mail.

That thing is coming

More lies from another 'reliable' Murdoch propaganda rag.

mistakes does not equal fraud

Quelle Surprise!

No one will be able to say they weren’t warm what a shit for all this will be.

What could possibly go wrong. It’ll be fine.

If you can vote in person..do it. Voting in person gives you privacy and prevents undue influence.

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