Most mail and provisional ballots got counted in past U.S. elections – but many did not
In the 2016 general election, voters submitted nearly 33.5 million mail ballots, but more than 400,000 (1.2% of the total) weren’t counted.
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In the 2016 general election, voters submitted nearly 33.5 million mail ballots, but more than 400,000 (1.2% of the total) weren’t counted.
Democrats are more concerned than Republicans about the ease of voting and the broader integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
Georgia’s changing electoral makeup has been the focus of renewed attention in the 2020 election cycle.
About eight-in-ten Latino registered voters and U.S. voters overall rate the economy as very important to their vote.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
We developed this explainer to help people understand how, and why, the complex U.S. electoral process is even more so this time around.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
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