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Mail ballots rejected by county, 2024

Mail ballots rejected, by county, 2024 2,538 of 3,143 counties reported enough returned mail ballots to compute a rate. Nationally 1.22% were rejected — almost always over the envelope, not the vote. under 0.5%0.5-1%1-2%2-3.5%3.5-6%6% and over not enough ballots to rate ballotbymail.org · Source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 2024 Election Administration and Voting Survey. Rates exclude ballots rejected only because the voter later voted in person.
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2,538 of 3,143 counties reported enough returned mail ballots to compute a rate. The rest are hatched rather than shaded — a county that handled 40 ballots shouldn't be coloured as though its rate means something.

States with no county figures

A blank state reads as “nothing was rejected here” unless someone says otherwise, so: these states did not report mail ballot outcomes at county level in the 2024 survey. It is a gap in the data, not a result.

Highest rates in the country

  1. Conway, AR 24.86%
  2. Warren, MO 21.29%
  3. Henderson, TX 18.98%
  4. Hot Spring, AR 18.36%
  5. Crawford, MO 17.92%
  6. Osage, MO 17.91%
  7. Saline, AR 17.65%
  8. Allen, KY 15.28%
  9. Cleburne, AR 14.71%
  10. Greene, AR 14.7%

Free to use and republish, including commercially. Source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 2024 Election Administration and Voting Survey, published June 30 2025. Rates exclude ballots rejected only because the voter later voted in person. Per-state maps →