Thread by @Taniel, Hmm: 11% of mail ballots that have been returned in North Carolina's [...]

Taniel

Hmm: 11% of mail ballots that have been returned in North Carolina's Guilford County (Greensboro) have been rejected, per @ElectProject's https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/NC.html

That's more than 6 times the statewide rejection rate. A third of all ballots rejected statewide are in Guilford.

20% of mail ballots returned by black voters in Guilford County have been rejected so far, compared to 7% of those returned by white voters.

These voters should be contacted by county, & get to fix, tho that demands further action & mobilization. Anyone in state can track ballot here: https://northcarolina.ballottrax.net/voter/

& a reminder there’s a statewide battle under way on how easy it ought to be to fix: https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/1311845545690959872

More info/qualification: County says 60% of these ballots not "actually rejected," but "in limbo" on "whether" to approve. https://hpenews.com/news/27194/absentee-voting-remains-brisk/ (via @redistrict)

But: rate of even just "rejected" ones > than statewide. & 99 other counties outright accepting far more ballots.

[I removed, cleaned up, reposted 2nd part of thread.]

Finally: Guilford's situation exceptional (Mecklenburg has accepted 99% of returns; 98% statewide; 89% in Guilford as of now), but racial disparity is a problem statewide. See this mid-Sept piece: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/north-carolina-is-already-rejecting-black-voters-mail-in-ballots-more-often-than-white-voters/

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