St. Charles County tossed over 1,000 ballots in November

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — St. Charles County’s top election official says more than 1,000 absentee and mail-in ballots in November were rejected because of mistakes by voters.

St. Louis Public Radio reported Monday that Missouri’s third-largest county rejected 1,031 absentee and mail-in ballots, more than any other county in the state.

The county tossed out 1.5% of all absentee and mail-in ballots, more than twice the statewide average.

St. Charles County Director of Election Kurt Bahr says the responsibility to correctly cast a ballot lies with the voter, not the election authority.

He says most of the uncounted ballots were disqualified for missing a notary’s signature when one was required.