One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail elections in New Jersey

Re:One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail e... by taude on Monday August 10, 2020 @05:25PM (#24114171)

I just got mine today in MA, and I didn't know what this was for, since I've never voted by mail.

Question: if I register to vote by mail, am I taking away the ability of this to be effective for someone else, i.e. using sacred resources or anything? I personally won't have a problem going to the polls on election day. Guess this is a long winded way of asking, is voting by Mail more/less reliable than going to the local station?

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Re:One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail e... by andrewem on Monday August 10, 2020 @05:29PM (#24114216)

The state of Massachusetts seems very likely to be able to process ballots by mail for essentially all voters in the primary (September 1!) and general elections. You will be doing your civic duty best by voting by mail rather than going to a polling place in person.

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Re:One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail e... by taude on Monday August 10, 2020 @05:31PM (#24114235)

i'm actually now more worried (after reading comments below) about my mail-in vote being rejected for mismatched signature or something.

Looks like I'll send this in anyway and at least have the option.

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Re:One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail e... by andrewem on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:28PM (#24114825)

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleev/early-voting-faq.htm has the official FAQs from the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth and says you can look up whether your ballot was accepted. It's not totally clear what reasons they might use to reject a ballot though.

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