Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An imperfect signature on an absentee ballot can necessitate ballot 'curing,' when election workers verify the voter's identity.

Ballots can't get sick, but after an election many voters need to "cure" their ballots to make sure they get counted. If you voted by absentee or provisional ballot, election officials will inspect it ...

A portion of ballots that are cast by mail in the 2024 elections will inevitably contain deficiencies because of human error, but whether voters are afforded the chance to fix, or cure, their ballots’ ...

Most Americans used to vote on Election Day, and a small percentage of voters cast their ballots as absentee voters through the mail. That changed starting in the late 1970s, when some states began to ...