More than 1,200 Philly mail ballots may be rejected. Find out if yours is one of them.

More than 1,200 mail ballots returned in Philadelphia so far might not be counted because of simple errors made by voters, according data kept by Philadelphia’s Office of the City Commissioners.

The ballots, which account for about 1.3% of the mail vote returns in the city so far, were returned with missing or incorrect dates, or without the required signature or privacy envelope, state and city data show.

Statewide, about 2.2% of ballots in April’s primary were rejected because of flaws. Rejected ballots account for a small fraction of the total submitted in Philadelphia, but in an election that could be decided by less than 1% of total votes, the ballots could play a significant role in determining the fate of the race for the White House.

“Every single vote matters so much and, when we talk about the entire election being decided by perhaps 1% of votes in Pennsylvania, no one can afford to lose any votes,” said Lauren Cristella, the president of the Committee of Seventy, a Philly-based good-government and civic-engagement group.



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