Secretary Husted releases provisional report for November 2015 election

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced the provisional ballot report for the November 2015 General Election reveals 84.63 percent of provisional ballots cast were validated and counted by the county boards of elections.
 
“The number of provisional ballots we need on Election Day is shrinking, and the likelihood of a provisional ballot being verified and counted is on the rise,” Secretary Husted said. “This is good news for voters as we are running more efficient elections, counting more ballots on Election Day and working with voters to cut out confusion and build confidence in our democracy.”
 
Under Secretary Husted, 86.75 percent of provisional ballots were counted from 2011-2014 (first term). This is a 3.5 percent improvement over the previous administration.
 

There were 562,871 provisional ballots cast under the eight primary and general election cycles of the previous administration. This represents more provisional ballots cast in the 10 election cycles administered by Secretary Husted, 478,978.
 
For Highland County, there were 211 provisional ballots counted and 35 rejected, for a total of 246 provisional ballots cast.

Thirty-four of the ballots were rejected because the voter was not registered in the state, and one was rejected because the voter was registered in the state but voted in the wrong precinct and polling location.

The Absentee Ballot Report for the November 2015 General Election is also now available.
 
Highland County had 1,643 absentee ballots cast, with 1,621 of those ballots being counted.