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Clerk reports cure rates and rejected ballots: 48% of challenged ballots cured
Summary
The clerk reported 43 challenged ballots from the Republican primary; 22 were cured and 21 were not, a cure rate of 48%. The clerk also reported 17 ballots received after the deadline and an undeliverable return rate of 0.02%.
During the canvass the elections clerk reported the office received 43 challenged mail ballots; 22 of those were successfully cured while 21 were not, representing a 48% cure rate for challenged ballots.
The clerk also told commissioners the office rejected 17 ballots that arrived after the statutory deadline (receipt by 8 p.m. on election night is required), and that the undeliverable return rate for mailed ballots was 0.02% of what was sent. The clerk explained cure requirements under state code, including providing the last four of the voter’s Social Security number or a driver’s license and demonstrating 30-day residency in the county.
Those numbers factored into the clerk’s presentation of the overall turnout: 3,409 active Republican primary voters and 1,821 total ballots counted.
