OMG, You just can't read or refuse to do so.
Right from the report.
1. Absentee Voting: Absentee voting rates vary dramatically across states, depending on the
ease with which individuals can cast an absentee ballot in a state. Nationally, 80.1 percent of
absentee ballots transmitted to voters were returned, and most states reported that over 90
percent of absentee ballots “returned and submitted for counting” were ultimately counted in
the 2016 General Election.
2, Military and Overseas Voting: Members of the uniformed services and their dependents, as
well as civilians living overseas, receive special protections voting under the Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). In 2016, 930,156 UOCAVA ballots were
transmitted and 68.1 percent of these ballots were returned.
3. Provisional Voting: There were 2.5 million provisional ballots cast in 2016, with nearly half of
those ballots cast in California. Of the provisional ballots cast, 71 percent were counted either
partially or in full.
4, Approximately 80.1 percent of absentee ballots that were transmitted to voters were returned
and processed, with 1.4 percent of transmitted ballots returned as undeliverable and 2
percent reported as spoiled
5. The most common reasons
for rejection in 2016 were missing the deadline, the signature on the ballot not matching the
signature on the state’s records, and the ballot not having a signature. Some of the categories
include several reasons for ballot rejection
6. The category labeled as “Other” encompasses
additional reasons not listed in the EAVS questionnaire, and included responses such as the
ballot was not properly notarized, the voter had already cast an absentee ballot, or there was
incomplete information on the ballot envelope. In 2016, there were seven states that did not
report the reasons why absentee ballots are rejected, which leaves an incomplete picture of
why those ballots were not counted.
Rejected (total) 1.0%
Non-matching signature 27.5%
Ballot not received on time/missed deadline 23.1%
No voter signature 20.0%
“Other” reason given 14.8%
Uncategorized 5.7%
No witness signature 3.0%
Problem with return materials
(e.g., ballot missing from envelope) 1.9%
Voter deceased 1.5%
Voter voted in person 1.3%
First-time voter without proper identification 1.1%
https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/eac_assets/1/6/2016_EAVS_Comprehensive_Report.pdf
