Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots were rejected across the U.S. during the 2022 general election, according to a state-by-state analysis by National Public Radio. That's about 1% of ballots returned to election officials, a rate similar to previous years. Ohio’s new restrictive election law shortens that window from 10 to four days - despite the lack of data that extended timelines lead to problems. The changes, which also are being considered by New Jersey, California and Wisconsin, are angering active-duty military and their families because of its potential to disenfranchise them. NPR's analysis, which drew primarily from states that actually track ballot rejections, provides an incomplete picture because many states don't track the information at the state level. States that do track ballot rejections statewide told NPR, which reported on it Jan. 13, that data was not ready to be shared. From the 2022 election, Mississippi received 47, 818 mail-in ballots. Of those, 692 were rejected for an average of 1.44%. Many states don't track mail ballot rejections at the state level or did not have the information available to NPR as of Jan. 13, including Alabama and Louisiana. (NPR 01/13/23) How many mail ballots states rejected in the 2022 election : NPR Of the four states considering reduced days to receive mail-in ballots, President Biden won big in California and his home state of New Jersey. He lost in Ohio and won by less than 1% in Wisconsin.
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