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Recorder: 577,537 ballots went through signature verification; 2,881 rejections, 942 provisional ballots
Summary
Recorder Justin Heap told supervisors his office mailed 1,420,563 early ballots, ran roughly 577,537 through signature verification, recorded 2,881 total signature rejections and handled 942 provisional ballots during the July primary.
Recorder Justin Heap presented his office’s signature‑verification and early‑ballot statistics during the canvass meeting. He said his office mailed 1,420,563 early ballots and that roughly 577,537 ballots went through the office’s signature verification process for this cycle.
Heap reported 2,117 bad signatures and 763 no‑signature rejections — 2,881 rejections in total — which he said is in line with national averages and lower than the countywide November election spike. He added that provisional ballots totaled 942 for this primary, with 220 accepted and 722 rejected under statutory eligibility rules.
Heap also told the board that roughly 77,000 ballots arrived on election night for signature verification and that the office pushed back shifts to process those and hand ballots to tabulation quickly.
