Title: What to Do If You Make a Mistake While Voting
Headings: What to Do If You Make a Mistake While Voting
What to Do If You Make a Mistake While Voting
Get a Poll Worker to Help You
Correct Some Voting Errors Yourself
Common Mistakes
Absentee and Mail-In Voting Mistakes
Does Voting by Mail Increase Voter Turnout?
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Content: 5 ﻿ Other common voting mistakes include: 5 ﻿
The signature on the ballot does not match the one on file
Forgetting to sign your ballot
Failing to obtain a witness signature
While all states provide some means of correcting mistakes on mail-in ballots—usually before they are mailed—the procedures for doing so vary from state-to-state and, sometimes, from county-to-county. Does Voting by Mail Increase Voter Turnout? Advocates of mail-in voting argue that it increases overall voter turnout and helps voters become better informed. While the argument of higher turnout seems logical, research conducted by the EAC reveals this is not always the case. Mail-in voting does not increase turnout in presidential and gubernatorial general elections. In fact, turnout in mail-in only ballot precincts can be as much as 2.6 to 2.9 percentage points lower compared to turnout at walk-in polling places. 6 ﻿
Voters who cast mail-in ballots are more likely to skip lower-profile or down-ballot races. On the other hand, voting by mail tends to increase voter turnout in local special elections by an average of 7.6 percentage points. 7 ﻿
According to the EAC, mail-in voting also results in lower election costs, reduced incidents of voter fraud, and fewer barriers to voting for disabled persons.