Claim: The 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame elections casted a total of 2,921 individual votes (573 ballots).
Evidence: Elections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2021 are scheduled to proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2016. A total of 2,921 individual votes were cast, an average of 5.10 per ballot - the lowest rate ever, breaking the record of 5.32 set in 1997. A total of 573 ballots were cast (including nine ballots which supported no candidates), with 430 votes required for election.