Pennsylvania Didn't Reject 372,000 Mail-in Ballots
The Claim
372,000 mail-in ballots were rejected by the state of Pennsylvania.
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Emerging story
In October 2020, a story published by the Geller Report said that 372,000 mail-in ballots for the 2020 election were rejected in Pennsylvania.
Users across social media as well as other media outlets continued to push this claim.
Other users were quick to clarify that it was ballot applications that were rejected, and not actual mail-in ballots.
Misbar’s Analysis
The Misbar team has determined that this claim is false. The published story says that 372,000 mail-in ballots were rejected by Pennsylvania; however, a story published by Propublica indicated that they were actually ballot applications.
Approximately 336,000 ballot applications were denied because they were duplicates that resulted from voters who had requested mail-in ballots for Pennsylvania’s June 2 primary election who may have not realized that they had checked a box to be sent ballots for the general election as well. According to the article, one out of every five requests for a mail-in ballot are being rejected in Pennsylvania. The Blaze later updated their story to account for the change in information. As such, we rate the claim that 372,000 mail-in ballots were rejected in Pennsylvania as false.
