The Howard County Board of Election Canvassers met remotely Friday morning June 11, 2020 and completed the canvass of the primary election ballots. The Board rejected nearly 700 ballots for a variety reasons. Sometimes it was a curiosity of what exactly the voter intended.
One voter was rejected for mailing two ballots–the email and vote by mail in the same envelope.
Nineteen were rejected for various problems with the oath. Most because the name did not match that of the voter or the signature on record. One person filed out the voter their own voter assistance form but the name did not match the name of the voter.
One person filed out the name of the voter as “Bernie Sanders.”
Another Democratic voter wrote “Donald Trump Make America Great Again” on a blank ballot.
Ten were rejected for not returning a ballot–including 6 that was just an empty envelope. One of these was an empty #10 envelope and not the pre-paid envelope.
One ballot was rejected because the voter signed with their Americanized name “Shirley” which was not in the registration for their name.
272 were rejected for no signature at all.
392 were rejected for being post marked after June 2.
On the other hand, the Board accepted a ballot where the voter hand wrote an oath on the back of a #10 envelope. The Board members gave credit to the voter for going to so much effort to write out the oath.
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