October 13, 2020: During the 2016 Presidential Election, 1.0% of all mail-in ballots were rejected.[1]

Roughly half of the ballots rejected had problems relating to signatures. That included ballots whose signature did not match the signature on file (27.5%), ballots with no signature (20.0%), and ballots with no witness signature (3.0%).[1]

Another 23% were rejected because of a missed deadline. Either the ballot was not sent or received on time.[1]

Numerically, in 2016, rejected absentee/mail-in ballots made up roughly 320,000 of the 33 million absentee/mail-in ballots submitted.[1]

In the 2018 mid-term elections, 1.4% of all mail-in ballots were rejected.[1]

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