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Mailed ballots were most popular last year, but 20 million weren’t returned

About 20 million ballots mailed out for the November general election were not returned, the federal government’s Election Assistance Commission says in a report detailing the successes and hiccups of the voting.

For the first time, mail was the most popular form of voting in a federal election and fewer than half of voters cast ballots in person on Election Day. Voters responded to what the commission called “drastic” changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Those who wanted to cast ballots had little trouble, and a record number of Americans did just that. Officials in the states and territories recorded 161,303,109 votes cast and counted...............

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/24/mailed-ballots-were-most-popular-last-year-20-mill/
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