Mail in Ballots in North Dakota “improved” from years past, North Dakota Secretary of State says

North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe said that the general election performance of the U.S. Postal Service “very much improved” over the primary election. More North Dakota voters cast ballots by early or mail-in voting than on Election Day. But not all ballots are received by Election Day. The board voted to reject only some absentee ballots because the signature on the ballots were not a close match to the signature on the ballot envelope. In Cass County, there were 498 ballots that were set aside on Election Day, these votes are people who cast ballots without the proper identification or proof of residency. Only 46 chose to follow up with ID before Monday’s canvassing board meeting, meaning 452 ballots were rejected.