Benji Hardy

Why does Arkansas reject so many absentee ballots?

KUAR | By Daniel Breen

Arkansas election officials reject more absentee ballots than all but one other state.

State-reported data show about 1,100 of the 15,000 total mail-in ballots received in 2022 were thrown out.

KUAR spoke with Arkansas Times Managing Editor Benji Hardy about his story looking at some of the potential reasons for Arkansas’ high rejection rate.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-16/why-does-arkansas-reject-so-many-absentee-ballots

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A voter fills out a ballot at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Cincinnati.