06-08-2020, 08:22 PM
(06-08-2020, 07:00 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Any valid ballot is counted. However, since states get to run elections, what constitutes “valid” varies from state to state. Data suggests the ballots of young people or people with disabilities are the most likely to get tossed because they weren’t submitted properly (missing a signature or not postmarked for the right day)
Either way, moving to a mail in system will require states to establish safeguards to ensure voters are disenfranchised
To add to this, absentee/mail-in ballots are usually counted after the precincts report on Election Day. So they show up in the totals later than other reporting which is why the perception of them not being counted was probably passed along. Usually, elections are called for one person or the other by the time the mailed ballots are added to the total.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
