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Nearly 10,000 North Carolinians had their mail-in ballots accepted in the first week of voting, according to data released Friday by the State Board of Elections.
Of the 10,380 absentee ballots returned since counties sent them out last Friday, 9,966 have been accepted. North Carolina was the first state in the country to send absentee ballots to voters who requested them.
The accepted ballots represent about 1% of the number requested and an even smaller fraction of the states 7.1 million registered voters, meaning limited conclusions can be drawn so far. But the data does offer insight on how people are casting ballots and what challenges may lie ahead.
Of the ballots returned so far, 6,155 are from Democrats, compared to 1,248 from Republicans and nearly 3,000 from unaffiliated voters. The multi-step process that leads to ballots being scanned and eventually counted doesnt start until Sept. 29 when county boards can meet to further review them, and tallies wont be released until election night after polls close.
https://www.pilotonline.com/government/elections/vp-nw-north-carolina-absentee-vote-20200911-eo66n4cjcffmbhmjwgtyltb5eq-story.html
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)"She said she voted for President Donald Trump because she believes her 401(k) retirement plan would do better under his administration."
So all that matters to her is her 401K? Nothing else. This is how Republicans get any power at all, via selfish and self-centered people.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)of someone who voted for Trump, and no one who said they voted for Biden.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)of the votes were not "accepted."
That is a large percentage of votes, and from a batch that is overwhelmingly Democratic.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)That is very troublesome.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)likelihood that the vote will ultimately be cast. Hopefully, the multiple ways to vote will bring out enough voters to overcome the tossed ballots.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)that prevented the ballot from being accepted.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)they can correct it.
North Carolina requires a witness to sign the ballot and it would appear that's where most of the issues are coming from. But if the voters send their ballots in early, they have plenty of time to correct whatever issues are preventing the ballot from being accepted.