The world might be talking about the 2024 presidential election like it’s happening in 2 weeks, but for the 18 million Americans and counting who have already mailed in their ballots, voting has already begun. However, there is one major issue some people are realizing they have made on those mail in ballots that is rendering their voice unheard. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00The world might be talking about the 2024 presidential election like it's happening in two
00:04weeks, but for the 18 million Americans and counting who have already mailed in their ballots, voting is
00:09already over. However, there's one major issue some people are realizing they have made on those mail-in
00:14ballots, and it's rendering their voice unheard. According to the National Conference of State
00:19Legislatures, most states determine whether or not your ballot is legitimate by comparing the
00:24signature on it with the one from when you registered to vote. And if it doesn't match up,
00:28your ballot will get flagged to be reviewed or even rejected altogether. The same agency reported
00:34that of all rejected mail-in ballots, a whopping 32.8% of those that were cast out were rejected
00:39for mismatched signatures. That's 157,477 ballots. So what do you do if that happens to you? And how
00:47will you even know? Well, two-thirds of U.S. states have laws requiring them to notify you if there's
00:52an issue with your ballot, and then you can correct it. For most others, you can simply check the
00:56status of your ballot on your state's election website. Still, the overwhelming majority of
01:00ballots still get counted, with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission reporting that in 2020,
01:05some 98.8% of mail-in ballots were correctly counted, with just 0.8% having been rejected.