Ballotpedia News reports (via Electionline). This rate was “roughly equal to the 1.4% rejection rate in 2018, the most recent midterm election, and up from the 1.0% and 0.8% rejection rates in the 2016 and 2020 presidential election cycles, respectively.”

Between the midterm election cycles in 2018 and 2022, the absentee/mail-in ballot rejection rate increased in 17 states. It decreased in 31, and Washington, D.C. Comparative data was unavailable for Alabama and Mississippi.”

“Delaware had the highest rejection rate in 2022, at 13.2%, up from 5.0% in 2018 and 1.3% in 2020.” 13.2%!!! Wow. I wonder if President Biden knows that.

“Arkansas (6.8%), Texas (3.4%), Kentucky (3.3%), and South Carolina (3.2%) followed with the highest rejection rates in 2022.

“Idaho had the lowest rejection rate, at effectively 0.0%. The state reported rejecting one absentee/mail-in ballot in Fremont County. One other county, Camas, reported no rejections, while the state’s remaining 42 counties indicated they lacked rejected ballot data.

“Vermont (0.1%), Iowa (0.2%), Ohio (0.3%), and South Dakota (0.4%) followed with the year’s lowest rejection rates.”

“Higher rejection rates were more common in states that require an excuse to vote by absentee/mail-in ballot. Eleven of those states had rates exceeding the national rate (1.5%), compared to two with lower rates.

“Lower rejection rates were more common in states where any voter can request an absentee/mail-in ballot. Twenty-two of those states had rates lower than the national rate, compared to five with higher rates.”