How Bad Ballot Design Can Impact Election Outcomes—And What We Can Do
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 4, 2024
Nationally, since 2004, the evidence shows that the number of over- and undervotes averages about one percent.While that sounds low, a big problem is that certain districts have higher residual vote rates than others. Already steadily rising since the early 2000s, the percentage of voters who mailed in their ballots was 43 percent in 2020.
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