California sent out nearly 22 million mail ballots to active registered voters in November’s midterm election. More than 10 million were not cast by voters, but calling those “unaccounted for” — as social media claims do — is misleading.
, which remains an option in the state, even for voters who received a mail ballot. Voters do not need to bring their unused mail ballots to vote in person, but some election officials may ask these voters to fill out provisional ballots that will be counted after confirmation their mail ballots weren’t used.TheRegardless of the exact number, election officials and experts disagreed with the Public Interest Legal Foundation’s conclusion that unreturned ballots are not accounted for.
After leading with a headline about rejected mail ballots and 10 million being unaccounted for, the Public Interest Legal Foundation said further down in its report that it’s"fair to assume that the bulk of these were ignored or ultimately thrown out by the intended recipients." Experts we contacted said they do not consider unreturned ballots to be missing or unaccounted for. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission refers to unreturned ballots as"unknown," PolitiFact
Alexander said the state has a"number of very good safeguards in place to ensure nobody has voted twice."
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