North Carolina Rejecting Four Times As Many Black Voters' Ballots Compared to White Voters

[Indyfan53]

North Carolina thus far has rejected a significantly higher percentage of mail-in ballots from Black voters as the state has from white voters, according to a new report.

As of Thursday, North Carolina had rejected more than four times as many mail-in ballots from Black voters as it had from white residents, according to FiveThirtyEight. Citing state data, the website explained that 4.7 percent (or 642 out of 13,747) of Black voters' mail-in ballots had been rejected. Meanwhile, just 1.1 percent (681 out of 60,954) white voters' ballots had been discarded.

Most of these rejections were the result of a voter failing to correctly fill out the witness information portion of the ballot or some other mistake, FiveThirtyEight reported. Notably, North Carolina has a process to notify voters in these instances, giving them another chance to vote and have their ballot counted. As the election is not until November 3, those with rejected mail-in ballots still have time to complete a new one and cast their vote.

[link:https://www.newsweek.com/north-carolina-rejecting-four-times-many-black-voters-ballots-compared-white-voters-1532728|

This is why we should mask up and vote early in person wherever possible. There is too great a risk of our absentee ballots being rejected. As we've seen, elections can be decided by a handful of votes.

[RhodeIslandOne]

1. They. Are. Going. To. Steal. This. Election.

[Me.]

3. Did You Read The Reason Why?

"Most of these rejections were the result of a voter failing to correctly fill out the witness information portion of the ballot or some other mistake, FiveThirtyEight reported. Notably, North Carolina has a process to notify voters in these instances, giving them another chance to vote and have their ballot counted. As the election is not until November 3, those with rejected mail-in ballots still have time to complete a new one and cast their vote."

[RhodeIslandOne]

4. They will find a myriad of reasons to "reject" ballots

I'm glad some agencies are going above and beyond. But others will not.

[Me.]

2. Clearly Voter Help Is Needed There

[brush]

5. They must be targeting zip codes. How else would they know a ballot was a...

a black person's ballot?

[LizBeth]

7. Like with job applications, it could be in the names.

[brush]

8. You mean after opening the ballot and checking the signature?

[LizBeth]

9. I do not know NC process but in Oregon we sign the outside of the envelope to have signature

matched with what is on file so the names are shown.

[brewens]

6. I hope that means four times as many will get through. The voter suppression might bite them in the

ass. The people they can't do something and what do you get?