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FakeNoose

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Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:35 AM Tuesday

Letting voters fix mail ballots cuts rejection rates. Not all Pa. counties allow it ...



Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/02/pennsylvania-election-mail-ballot-rejection-data-curing-county-differences/

Counties that allow mail voters to fix errors that could otherwise get their ballots disqualified rejected fewer ballots during the 2024 general election, a Votebeat and Spotlight PA analysis has found.

Overall, just 0.57% of mail ballots statewide were rejected due to voter errors, such as an improper date, a missing signature on the return envelope, or failure to use the ballot secrecy envelope. That’s less than half the rejection rates of 1.22% in the primary election and 1.31% in the 2022 general election.

However, according to the analysis, the rate was even lower in counties that allow voters to fix, or “cure,” their mail ballots — just 0.49% in those counties were rejected for technical deficiencies on average, compared with 0.59% in counties where curing isn’t allowed. The numbers mean 17% fewer voters had their ballots rejected in the curing counties.

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Thirty-eight counties allow voters to fix errors with their mail ballots in some way — according to information gathered by Votebeat and Spotlight PA ahead of the election — though exactly how varies widely.

Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh, is one of the counties that send the defective ballot back to the voter with instructions on how to fix the error, as well as a new return envelope. Chester County tells voters to come into the election office with their ID and fix it in person. Delaware County cancels the defective ballot and issues a new one. Twenty-six counties do not allow any kind of second chance, and the policy in three others is unclear.
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Come on, Pennsylvania! We've got to get this figured out before the next election.

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