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2008 Presidential Election - Election Related Statistics

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Absentee Voting by County
County Ballots Sent Ballots Received Ballots Accepted Ballots Rejected
Allegany 752 671 89.2% 658 98.1% 13 1.9%
Anne Arundel 5,398 4,185 77.5% 4,068 97.2% 117 2.8%
Baltimore City 4,288 3,681 85.8% 3,590 97.5% 91 2.5%
Baltimore County 6,636 5,235 78.9% 5,150 98.4% 85 1.6%
Calvert 831 692 83.3% 674 97.4% 18 2.6%
Caroline 223 201 90.1% 198 98.5% 3 1.5%
Carroll 1,430 1,257 87.9% 1,240 98.6% 17 1.4%
Cecil 638 562 88.1% 552 98.2% 10 1.8%
Charles 1,041 906 87.0% 873 96.4% 33 3.6%
Dorchester 443 405 91.4% 404 99.8% 1 0.2%
Frederick 2,156 1,831 84.9% 1,783 97.4% 48 2.6%
Garrett 419 378 90.2% 375 99.2% 3 0.8%
Harford 2,078 1,861 89.6% 1,807 97.1% 54 2.9%
Howard 3,421 2,916 85.2% 2,851 97.8% 65 2.2%
Kent 508 457 90.0% 449 98.2% 8 1.8%
Montgomery 15,912 13,349 83.9% 13,054 97.8% 295 2.2%
Prince George’s 6,805 5,651 83.0% 5,394 95.5% 257 4.5%
Queen Anne’s 730 653 89.5% 638 97.7% 15 2.3%
St. Mary’s 982 859 87.5% 847 98.6% 12 1.4%
Somerset 242 213 88.0% 210 98.6% 3 1.4%
Talbot 1,087 997 91.7% 977 98.0% 20 2.0%
Washington 1,423 1,286 90.4% 1,255 97.6% 31 2.4%
Wicomico 1,270 1,136 89.4% 1,108 97.5% 28 2.5%
Worcester 1,108 964 87.0% 939 97.4% 25 2.6%
State Totals 59,821 50,346 84.2% 49,094 97.5% 1,252 2.5%
1. This table includes Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWABs) received by the local boards of elections.

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Reasons for Rejecting Absentee Ballots
Used agent & ballot envelope not sealed 0 0.0%
Board action 34 2.7%
Voter cancelled 0 0.0%
Voter deceased 6 0.5%
Voter is convicted felon 0 0.0%
Identifying mark on the ballot 24 1.9%
Identification was received but did not satisfy requirements 31 2.5%
Identification or DL# or SS# was not timely received 8 0.6%
Late for election 602 48.1%
Voted more than one ballot 14 1.1%
No signature 511 40.8%
No absentee ballot application 12 1.0%
Not a registered voter 2 0.2%
Surrendered absentee ballot at polls 7 0.6%
Original State absentee ballot received (FWAB rejected) 1 0.1%
Total 1,252  

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Provisional Voting by County
County Provisional Ballots Cast # Accepted In Full # Accepted In Part # Rejected
Allegany 220 131 59.5% 18 8.2% 71 32.3%
Anne Arundel 5,169 3,442 66.6% 28 0.5% 1,699 32.9%
Baltimore City 4,178 1,697 40.6% 84 2.0% 2,397 57.4%
Baltimore County 5,447 2,107 38.7% 169 3.1% 3,171 58.2%
Calvert 868 648 74.7% 0 0.0% 220 25.3%
Caroline 139 99 71.2% 0 0.0% 40 28.8%
Carroll 825 708 85.8% 0 0.0% 117 14.2%
Cecil 378 237 62.7% 0 0.0% 141 37.3%
Charles 2,113 870 41.2% 0 0.0% 1,243 58.8%
Dorchester 217 156 71.9% 0 0.0% 61 28.1%
Frederick 1,533 1,043 68.0% 0 0.0% 490 32.0%
Garrett 71 46 64.8% 0 0.0% 25 35.2%
Harford 1,398 947 67.7% 10 0.7% 441 31.5%
Howard 3,430 2,431 70.9% 31 0.9% 968 28.2%
Kent 96 46 47.9% 0 0.0% 50 52.1%
Montgomery 11,707 7,379 63.0% 2,917 24.9% 1,411 12.1%
Prince George’s 13,632 4,731 34.7% 0 0.0% 8,901 65.3%
Queen Anne’s 719 661 91.9% 0 0.0% 58 8.1%
St. Mary’s 434 242 55.8% 0 0.0% 192 44.2%
Somerset 97 36 37.1% 0 0.0% 61 62.9%
Talbot 186 114 61.3% 3 1.6% 69 37.1%
Washington 605 385 63.6% 84 13.9% 136 22.5%
Wicomico 363 200 55.1% 0 0.0% 163 44.9%
Worcester 213 81 38.0% 0 0.0% 132 62.0%
State Totals 54,038 28,437 52.6% 3,344 6.2% 22,257 41.2%
1. This table includes provisional ballots cast during regular voting hours and all paper ballots cast during extended hours.

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Reasons for Rejecting Provisional Ballots
1 – Not registered to vote 2,503 11.2%
2 – Voted in wrong election district/ward 2,938 13.2%
3 – Voted absentee or already voted 150 0.7%
4 – Voted wrong primary ballot 6,037 27.1%
5 – No signature on application 1,809 8.1%
6 – Not eligible to receive provisional ballot 8,233 37.0%
7 – ID or DL# or SS# not timely received 147 0.7%
8 – Incomplete information on application 130 0.6%
9 – DL# or SS# received but not verified 139 0.6%
10 – ID received but not acceptable 18 0.1%
11 – No ballot or more than one ballot 114 0.5%
12 – No evidence to support unit malfunction 31 0.1%
13 – Identity challenge upheld 0 0.0%
14 – Order extending voting hours invalidated 0 0.0%
15 – Identifying mark on ballot 8 0.0%
Total 22,257