U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

SURVEY OBSERVATIONS, OCTOBER 2011
U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

SURVEY OBSERVATIONS, OCTOBER 2011
Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

SURVEY METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SURVEY RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

I. Ballots Transmitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

II. Ballots Submitted for Counting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

III. Ballots Counted and Rejected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

OBSERVATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MOVING FORWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

FOOTNOTES TO TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

CROSS REFERENCE OF SURVEY QUESTIONS TO TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

APPENDIX A – TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Table 7. Selected Response Rates on UOCAVA Questions, 2010 and 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Table 8. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table 9. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Disposition of Ballots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 10. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Table 11. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 12. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 14. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 15. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, All Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Table 16. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Table 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as % of Cast, by Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Table 20. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Table 21. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, All Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 22. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Table 24. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Reason for Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 25. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, All Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 26. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Uniformed Services Voters . . . . . 76

Table 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Non-military/Civilian Voters . . . 78

APPENDIX B: QUESTIONNAIRE-VOTER REGISTRATION QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 42 U.S.C.

15301 et seq, mandates that for each regularly scheduled 

general election for Federal office, the United States Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC) shall collect comprehensive 

data from the States on all of the ballots sent and received 

by voters covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voting Act of 1986 (UOCAVA), 42 U.S.C. § 197

This is the fourth report from EAC to Congress regarding UOCAVA voting. It is based on information gathered

from the Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS), 

which is administered to 50 States, the District of Columbia, 

and four territories; the survey, conducted biennially by 

EAC, asks for data at the county (or equivalent) level. The

data provided by States concerns the November 2, 2010 election and the 2-year period leading up to it

1

 The UOCAVA 

data are one section of the larger EAVS

Jurisdiction-level response to the 2010 EAC survey 

was markedly better than in 2008. Overall there were 161

more jurisdictions that participated in the survey than in 

2008, continuing a trend that allows for better monitoring 

of compliance with the mandated requirements of UOCAVA

2Some States do not track all the data items and some 

States are unable to provide data for all of their counties or 

county-equivalent jurisdictions. In addition, there is no consistency across the States in the way data is  collected. Readers should be aware of these limitations as they review thi

report and use the data presented here and in the complete 

dataset available on the EAC website at www.eac.g

EAC’s EAVS remains one of the primary tools by which 

Congress, Federal agencies, and the public can monitor 

compliance with UOCAVA. Among the highlights of the

2010 survey findings are:

1. States transmitted 611,058 ballots to UOCAVA-covered

voters for the 2010 election, with just over half (54.9 percent) going to uniformed services members. Another 39

percent went to civilian citizens living overseas

3

2. Of the ballots transmitted, 34.7 percent (211,749) wer

returned and submitted for counting by military and overseas voters

3. States reported counting 197,390 UOCAVA ballots, or 93.

percent of the total submitted for counting

4. States reported rejecting 14,824 ballots. The most commo

reason given for rejecting a UOCAVA ballot was that the 

ballot was not received on time or missed a deadline; 

States reported that 32.4 percent of rejected ballots were

rejected for this reason

5. States reported that 4,294 voters submitted a Federal

Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB). States’ challenges in

tracking FWABs as a separate ballot category suggests 

that actual FWAB usage may have been higher

INTRODUCTION

The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is 

an independent, bipartisan commission created by the Help 

America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). Its mission is to assist

State and local election officials with the administration 

of Federal elections. EAC provides assistance by disbursing, administering, and auditing Federal funds for States

to implement HAVA requirements; conducting studies and 

other activities to promote the effective administration of 

Federal elections; and serving as a source of information 

regarding election administration

Since 2004, EAC has collected data on voting, elections, 

and election administration in the United States. Much of

these data support two biennial reports, one on voter registration and one on voting by uniformed and overseas citizens

In 1986, Congress passed the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 42 U.S.C.

1973ff. UOCAVA covers voting by members of the seven

uniformed services and their eligible dependents; members 

of the U.S. Merchant Marine and their eligible dependents

Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service an

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 

and U.S. citizens residing outside the United States. Und

UOCAVA, States and territories are to provide a means for 

these citizens to register and to vote in elections for Federal 

office using absentee procedures

UOCAVA also provides for the use of a Federal Write-in 

Absentee Ballot (FWAB), which can be cast under certain 

conditions by voters who have applied for but who have not 

yet received their absentee ballot. The FWAB is intended as a

fail-safe for voters who might encounter problems receiving 

their ballot from local election offices in time to cast their vote

Section 703(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 

(HAVA), amended section 102 of UOCAVA by adding the 

following requirement:

Not later than 90 days after the date of each regularly scheduled general election for Federal office, 

each State and unit of local government which 

administered the election shall (through the State, 

in the case of a unit of local government) submit 

a report to the Election Assistance Commission 

(established under the Help America Vote Act of 

2002) on the combined number of absentee ballots 

1

 Throughout this report, EAC uses the word “States” as shorthand to 

mean “States, territories, and the District of Columbia.

2

 Response rates improved in many areas of the EAVS survey in 

addition to UOCAVA. See U.S. EAC The Impact of the National Vot

Registration Act on the Administration of Elections for Federal Office, 

2009–2010 available on the EAC website at www.eac.g

3

 The remaining 5.6 percent of the transmitted ballots fall into the “other

voter” or “not categorized” categories
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transmitted to absent uniformed services voters 

and overseas voters for the election and the combined number of such ballots which were returned 

by such voters and cast in the election, and shall 

make such a report available to the general public

Section 703(b) of HAVA further required that EAC work 

with two of its statutory Federal Advisory Committees, the 

Board of Advisors and the Standards Board, to develop a 

standardized format for reports submitted by States and 

units of local government and provide the standardized 

format to these jurisdictions

4

In October of 2009, the Military and Overseas Voter 

Empowerment (MOVE) Act was signed into law

5

 The purpose of the law is to ensure that military personnel and 

overseas citizens have sufficient time to request and receive 

ballots, and that States allow enough time for the submitted 

ballots to be counted toward the election results. Provisions

of the Act include protecting the security and integrity of the 

voter registration and ballot application process; the privacy 

and personal information of the voter and absentee ballots; 

establishing a means of electronic communication for all 

voting-related materials to UOCAVA voters; and establishing a ballot tracking mechanism to allow voters to confirm 

whether their ballots were received by the appropriate 

election official. The MOVE Act also eliminated the Federal

requirement that ballots be automatically transmitted for 

two subsequent general election cycles

This report presents EAC’s fourth collection of UOCAVA 

data. The first report was based on data collected for the

2004 Federal Election. During that first data collection

effort, it was determined that many States and local jurisdictions did not track the specific data required by HAVA, and 

that the States varied greatly in how they tracked UOCAVA 

data. Similar differences in data collection were observed

in 2006 and 2008, although States’ collection and reporting 

of UOCAVA data has been improving, as further discussed 

below. In addition, there currently is no consistent way to

accurately assess the number of overseas and uniformed 

services voters who may be covered by the Act. Unlike the

data from the U.S. Census, there is no similar mechanism fo

measuring the number of civilian Americans living abroad

Further, it is difficult to gauge the number of domestic uniformed services voters who do not use UOCAVA’s provisions 

for voting and instead vote at polling places on Election Day

Consequently, readers should use caution when analyzing 

and presenting the data contained in this report

In accordance with its obligation to report on the ballots sent and received by voters covered under UOCAVA, 

4

 See 42 U.S.C. §§ 15341-46 for more information on the Board 

Advisors and Standards Board

5

 Pub. L. No. 111-84, Subtitle H, 123 Stat. 

EAC submits this report to Congress. However, readers

should note that since December 11, 2010, EAC has lacked 

a quorum of commissioners necessary to conduct certain 

business, including the formal adoption of Commission 

reports and issuance of recommendations. In order for EAC

to meet its responsibility to submit the UOCAVA report 

to Congress, EAC provides in this document the data that 

would be contained in a formally adopted report. EAC’s

executive director will work with commissioners to adopt 

the formal report and recommendations once a quorum has 

been reestablished

SURVEY METHODOLOGY

In 2010, as in 2008, EAC distributed two questionnaires to 

the States, a quantitative survey and a qualitative Statutory Overview, which asks States to report on their election 

laws, definitions, and procedures. In order to minimize the

burden on States in preparing to respond to the survey, the 

2010 survey contained only minor changes to both the Statutory Overview and the EAVS questionnaire from the 2008 

versions. The 2010 Statutory Overview was identical to the

2008 version; however, in recognition of the MOVE Act, EAC 

included an additional question on the methods and processes used by States to implement the Act

6

 Changes to the 

UOCAVA section of the 2010 EAVS questionnaire included 

the removal of two questions about automatic ballot transmission for two subsequent general election cycles

EAC submitted both questionnaires to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 60-day and 30-day 

public comment periods. Members of the public could comment on the proposed survey beginning in September 200

EAC further revised the questionnaire in response to these 

comments and input from election officials. OMB approved

the 2010 EAVS on May 7, 2010 (OMB Control No. 3265-0006,

exp. 5/31/2013). The final, approved version of the survey wa

posted on the EAC website in May 2010

Guide to Terms

For the purposes of the survey, EAC provided the following 

definitions within the questionnaire and in supplemental 

instructions distributed to State election officials: 

• Transmitted ballots, such as absentee ballots, are those 

ballots that are sent out from the election office to voters

• Spoiled ballots are ballots that, under the applicable State 

law, are incorrectly marked or impaired in some way and 

turned in by the voter at the polling place or mailed in 

absentee. A replacement ballot is issued so that the voter

6

 EAC designed the Statutory Overview survey to provide valuable 

insight into election administration in the States and to serve as a 

reference for evaluating and understanding the quantitative data 

submitted by the States on the EAVS. The 2010 Statutory Overview is

available on the EAC website at www.eac.g
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can correctly mark the ballot; spoiled ballots are referred 

to in some States as a “voided” ballot

• Ballots returned and submitted for counting include 

all ballots returned by voters that were submitted for the 

counting process regardless of whether or not the ballots 

were later counted or rejected. Spoiled ballots, replaced

ballots, and absentee ballots returned as undeliverable are 

discounted before the counting process and by this definition are not considered to be submitted for counting

• Counted ballots are ballots that have been processed and 

the votes included in the candidates’ vote totals

• Rejected ballots are ballots that States determine do not 

meet the requirements of eligibility for various reasons, 

including being improperly completed, the individuals 

were excluded from voting in those locations, or the ballots 

were not received on time

• Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB)is an emergency 

ballot available to uniformed services and overseas citizens 

(including those located at APO and FPO addresses) when 

they have properly requested but have not received a regular absentee ballot from their local jurisdiction in time to 

return it before the States’ deadline. Because FWABs are not

sent out from an election office to a specific voter, they are 

not considered transmitted ballots. However, FWABs are

included in the number of ballots returned and submitted 

for counting

States’ Collection of UOCAVA Information

For 2010, EAC continued its efforts to present the survey to 

State officials earlier in the election cycle, and to facilitate 

the task of responding by providing improved survey instruments and increased technical assistance. The primary

survey instrument designed to assist the States in collecting 

and reporting their statistical data was a Microsoft Excel®

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based template.The application offered the States two different methods for entering data: a form-based method that

resembled the look of the questionnaire, and a sheet-based 

view that used a familiar spreadsheet format similar to the 

2008 data collection tool. Embedded in the Microsoft Excel-

based application was a set of error-checking algorithms to 

help States check their data using logic and consistency rules 

before submitting their data to EAC. To further ease the data

entry burden, the application was preloaded with each State’s 

jurisdictions

7 Most States chose to submit their data using 

this instrument via the project website or via email

States were asked to send their responses to EAC by 

February 1, 2011. The data provided by the States were then

7

 States were allowed to change the list of jurisdictions to match their 

own reporting and administration systems. Some States, particularly

those with township systems, may change the number of local 

jurisdictions administering elections from year to year, as towns run 

joint elections to ease the administrative burden

checked for logic and consistency errors. Any errors or questions concerning the submitted data were referred back to

the States for review and correction, if necessary. The States

had two weeks to review and correct their submissions

Fifty-three States submitted their data to EAC

8

About the States’ Data

In May 2010, EAC adopted a data policy to guide States’ submission and verification of their survey data. The Guide to

the Election Administration and Voting Survey document 

provides information to election officials responsible for completing the survey and offers EAC assurances about States’ 

validation of the data. The Guide contains information about

• EAC processes related to releasing the survey instrument 

and final reports based on the survey data; 

• The technical assistance EAC provides to the States; 

• Deadlines for submitting the survey data;

•The processes and procedures for States’ submission of the 

data, including use of the data templates EAC provides; 

• The processes and procedures for States’ review, verification, and correction of the data; and 

• Instructions on how to address errors in the data after the 

submission deadline has passed

In response to both media and general public inquires 

about State data cited in EAC’s previous EAVS reports and 

the Federal government’s recent policies related to data 

quality, EAC formally requested that States verify and certify 

in writing the data they submit

Election data collection varied significantly in the 53 

States that responded to the 2010 survey. Most States relied,

at least to some degree, upon centralized voter-registration 

databases (VRDs) and voter history databases, which allowed 

State election officials to respond to the survey with information from the local level for each question. Other States,

conversely, collected relatively little election data at the State 

level and instead relied on cooperation from local jurisdiction election offices to complete the survey. States and local

offices varied in resources devoted to data collection and in 

the emphasis placed on data collection. Some States did not

provide data in all the categories requested in the survey and 

a few did not have data for all their local jurisdictions

Section 4 of this report presents the results of the 

UOCAVA section of the 2010 EAVS and includes a set of 

detailed tables. A complete dataset of responses to the

survey is available on the EAC website at www.eac.g

Caution is necessary when interpreting the survey 

data, particularly when comparing the data from year-to-year 

or State-to-State, due to changes in State data collection 

8

 The non-respondents were Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (Puerto 

Rico did not hold Federal elections in 2010). Their names appear in the

tables but without any data
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practices across time and the varying levels of completeness 

in many States’ responses. In 2006, EAC began asking States

to produce county-level data (or the equivalent) rather than 

the statewide totals asked for previously. Even in States with

centralized VRDs, some data may be kept only at the local 

level, and the level of integration of information between 

local and State election offices varies across the country

Information on the number of jurisdictions in each State is 

provided in a number of tables

Response Rates 

State data collection for the EAVS and reporting of UOCAVA 

data improved from the 2008 survey, but are still incomplete. Overall, the number of jurisdictions included in the

EAVS improved from 4,517 in 2008 to 4,678 in 2010. In the

UOCAVA section of the EAVS, the number of jurisdictions 

responding increased in some categories since 2008, but 

decreased in others. Table 7 summarizes the number of the

4,678 jurisdictions surveyed that were able to provide data 

for select questions

9

The 2010 survey instrument instructed States to check 

“Data not available” if the data for a particular question were 

not available and “N/A” if a question was not applicable to 

a State or county. If a State entered a “0,” that response was

treated as a valid response equaling “0.” A “blank” response

was treated as a nonresponse

SURVEY OBSERVATIONS

The process by which UOCAVA voters participate in elections varies by State, and even within States. For the purposes of reporting the results of the 2010 survey, the process

of voting under UOCAVA has 3 basic steps:

9

 Tables 1 through 6 are presented in The Impact of the National Voter 

Registration Act on the Administration of Elections for Federal Office, 

2009–2010 available on the EAC website at www.eac.g

• the ballot is transmitted to the voter;

• the ballot is returned by the voter to the election office; and

• the ballot is accepted and counted, or the ballot is rejected

I. Ballots Transmitted

States reported transmitting 611,058 ballots, spread 

unevenly over the 53 States, territories, and the District of 

Columbia, with five States reporting transmitting more than 

50,000 ballots each. Together, Florida, California, Texas,

New York, and Washington accounted for nearly half of all 

UOCAVA ballots transmitted in the United States

California 89,582

Florida 75,268

Texas 69,526

New York 54,495

Washington 52,892

Over half of the ballots transmitted nationwide 

(335,319, or 54.9 percent) were sent to members of the uniformed services (see Table 8

10 An additional 39.5 percent of

the ballots were sent to civilians living overseas. At the State

level, about two-thirds of the States reported that uniformed 

services voters made up a majority of their UOCAVA ballots 

transmitted, although the proportions varied by State. In

California, for example, UOCAVA ballots were split about 

evenly between uniformed services and civilian voters, 

whereas in Florida members of the uniformed services were 

sent 71.0 percent of UOCAVA ballots. Of the 20 States tha

transmitted more than 5,000 UOCAVA ballots, five reported 

sending more ballots to civilian voters than uniformed 

services voters: California, Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, 

and New York

10 All tables after Table 7 appear in the appendix of this report

Table 7. Selected Response Rates on UOCAVA Questions, 2010 and 2008

UOCAVA Question

2010 Response Rate 2008 Response Rate

Change in

Percentage

Points

Jurisdictions

Responding

(out of 4,678) Percent

Jurisdictions

Responding

(out of 4,517) Percent

Overseas citizens ballots transmitted 4,051 86.6 4,131 91.5 -4.9

Overseas citizens ballots cast 4,139 88.5 3,764 83.3 5.1

Overseas citizen ballots counted 3,947 84.4 3,717 82.3 2.1

Uniformed services ballots transmitted 4,109 87.8 4,217 93.4 -5.5

Uniformed services ballots cast 4,243 90.7 3,793 84.0 6.7

Uniformed services ballots counted 4,185 89.5 3,806 84.3 5.2

Overseas citizens FWABs counted 2,865 61.2 3,003 66.5 -5.2

Uniformed services FWABs cast 2,932 62.7 3,077 68.1 -5.4
Figure 1. Number of Ballots Transmitted to UOCAVA Voters 

November 2010 General Election*

WA

52,892

OR

13,757

ID

2,042

MT

3,791

WY

913

ND

266

SD

758

NE

1,798

MN

3,124

IA

3,004

WI

4,077

MI

4,533

IL

19,052

IN

8,087

OH

9,771

WV

798

PA

23,043

NY

54,495

ME

1,347

VA

KY 18,356

1,452

TN

4,383

NC

12,648

MO

8,624

KS

4,487

CO

10,650

UT

2,940

NV

2,140

CA

89,582

AZ

8,080 NM

614

OK

4,847

TX

69,526

AR

1,212

LA

16,267

MS

2,767

AL

4,875

GA

20,059

SC

1,757

FL

75,268

AK

9,515

HI

563

DC

1,114

MD

10,693

DE

1,603

NJ

11,720

CT

1,099

RI

471

MA

2,924

NH

2,345

VT

776

Less than 1,000

1,000-5,000

5,000-10,000

10,000-25,000

Greater than 25,000

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* 

 The data presented in this map are based on responses to question B1 and also appear in Table 8 of this report
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Figure 2. Ballots Transmitted

Overseas Civilians

39.5%

(241,133)

Uniformed Services

54.9%

(335,319)

Other Voter

1.3%

(8,085) Not

Categorized

4.3%

(26,521)

The 2010 survey found that nearly all States were able 

to provide data concerning the UOCAVA ballots transmitted 

by type of voter

All States reported the disposition of at least some of 

their transmitted ballots (See Table 9). Of all the ballots

transmitted, 47.5 percent of ballots were reported to hav

an unknown status, which may have included ballots not 

received or returned. Other ballot dispositions included

ballots returned as undeliverable (6.8 percent), spoiled or

replaced ballots (0.9 percent), other disposition (1.4 percent)

and unable to be categorized as to their disposition (13.2

percent). Fewer States were able to provide counts of ballots

returned as undeliverable and spoiled or replaced ballots 

than provided the number of ballots submitted for counting

II. Ballots Submitted for Counting

The proportion of ballots submitted for counting between 

members of the uniformed services and civilian voters was 

roughly the same as for ballots transmitted (see Table 10)

Members of the uniformed services comprised 50.9 percent (107,774 ballots) of the ballots submitted for counting,

while civilians comprised 40.1 percent (84,938 ballots) of

the 211,749 total ballots submitted. Among the States with

the most UOCAVA voters, New York and California reported 

having more civilian than uniformed services ballots submitted, whereas the opposite was true for Florida, Texas and 

Washington, similar to 2008. Overall, 33 States and 2 territories reported more uniformed services ballots submitted

than civilian, whereas 14 States and the District of Columbia 

had more civilian ballots than uniformed services ballots 

submitted; the remaining three states (Iowa, New Mexico, 

and Rhode Island) did not provide a breakdown of the 

number of military or overseas civilian voters

The rate of return of UOCAVA ballots in 2010 was significantly smaller than in the presidential election in 2008, but 

an improvement over the midterm election in 2006. In 2008,

69.0 percent of ballots transmitted were returned for counting compared to 34.7 percent in 2010. In 2006, EAC surv

results indicated that only one quarter of UOCAVA ballots 

requested were returned for counting

11

Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots

Section 103 of UOCAVA generally provides a mechanism 

for overseas uniformed services and civilian voters to cast 

a Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB) as a kind of 

“backup” ballot (See 42 U.S.C. § 1973ff-2.) These ballots 

available to uniformed services voters and voters living 

outside the United States who requested but did not receive 

the regular absentee ballots after having made a timely 

application for the ballot. The FWAB allows voters to cast

a ballot for Federal offices only (President/Vice-President 

as applicable, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, Delegate

Resident Commissioner). Some States allow members of the

uniformed services and overseas citizens to use the FWAB 

for elections other than Federal elections

The use of the FWAB is allowed only under certain conditions. The FWAB is available through Voting Assistance

Officers (VAOs) at military installations, at U.S. embassies o

consulates, or on the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s 

(FVAP) website. The absentee uniformed services voter must

• be absent from his or her voting residence; 

• have applied for a regular ballot early enough so that the 

request is received by the appropriate local election officer 

not later than the State deadline, or the date that is 30 days 

before the general election; and

• have not received the requested regular absentee ballot 

from the State

The citizen outside the United States must:

• be located outside the United States (including those 

located at APO/FPO addresses);

• have applied for a regular ballot early enough so that the 

request is received by the appropriate local election officer 

not later than the State deadline, or the date that is 30 days 

before the general election; and

• have not received the requested regular absentee ballot 

from the State (42 U.S.C. § 1973

Most of the ballots submitted by UOCAVA voters were 

absentee ballots issued by the local election office (see 

Table 11), rather than through the use of the FWAB. States

reported that 66.8 percent of the ballots submitted were

11 In 2006, the survey asked States to report how many ballots were 

requested, not transmitted. State and local offices most likely act on

such requests. As such, the number of requests and the number of

ballots transmitted should be relatively equivalent
Figure 3. Percentage of UOCAVA Ballots Submitted that were Counted 

November 2010 General Election*

WA

99.1

OR

92.3

ID

79.1

MT

96.2

WY

89.8

ND

98.4

SD

90.1

NE

88.4

MN

92.7

IA

96.3

WI

86.0

MI

91.1

IL

95.3

IN

76.7

OH

93.5

WV

95.3

PA

97.9

NY

73.9

ME

95.0

VA

KY 99.2

95.9

TN

97.4

NC

91.6

MO

94.0

KS

96.4

CO

96.3

UT

97.8

NV

98.7

CA

99.5

AZ

98.1 NM

99.8

OK

92.5

TX

97.0

AR

95.5

LA

89.9

MS

97.9

AL

94.0

GA

99.4

SC

98.0

FL

95.9

AK

95.8

HI

100.0

MD

84.5

DE

95.7

NJ

95.2

CT

100.0

RI

100.0

MA

96.5

NH

95.7

VT

79.0

70.0-79.9%

80.0-89.9%

90.0-94.9%

95.0-100.0%

DC

89.1

*

 The data presented in this map are based on responses to questions B3 and B8 and also appear in Table 18 of this report

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regular absentee ballots issued by the jurisdiction. States

also reported that 4,294 FWABs were submitted, which 

accounted for 2.0 percent of the total number of UOCAVA

ballots submitted for counting. Maryland reported the highest use of the FWAB, with 1,002 such ballots, or 27.0 percen

of its total UOCAVA ballots submitted for counting. Four

States, including Maryland, reported that more than 

10 percent of their absentee ballots were FWAB ballots

Seven States were unable to provide the type of ballot used 

by UOCAVA voters, a decline from the 11 States unable to 

provide the type of ballot used by UOCAVA voters in 2008

FWAB usage remains a relatively small proportion of 

UOCAVA voting for both uniformed services and civilian 

voters. FWABs were 1.8 percent of the total ballots submitte

for counting by uniformed services voters and 1.1 percent by

civilian UOCAVA voters. Tables 12 and 13 break down the

type of ballot submitted by members of the uniformed services and civilian UOCAVA voters, respectively

III. Ballots Counted and Rejected

Of the 211,749 total ballots submitted by UOCAVA voters 

including FWAB, 197,390, or 93.2 percent, were counted by

the States (see Table 18)

12 Military voters made up a larger 

share of the votes counted than civilian voters, 50.9 percent

to 38.7 percent (see Table 14). Use of the FWAB resulted i

at least 2,988 ballots being counted in the 2010 election; this 

figure may be higher but all States were not able to provide a 

breakdown of their UOCAVA ballots (see Table 15)

All 53 States and territories reported the total number of 

UOCAVA ballots counted, and the rates varied among States 

(see Table 18). All States reported more than 70 percent of

ballots cast having been counted and most States were in the 

range of 90 to 100 percent of ballots counted (see Figure 3). No

States reported zero for the number of UOCAVA ballots that 

were counted an improvement over 2008

In the 2010 Federal election, 52 States reported rejecting 14,824 UOCAVA ballots that had been submitted for 

counting. Data on these rejections are presented in Tables

20 through 25

Several States rejected UOCAVA ballots at higher rates 

when compared to other States’ data, as measured by the 

ratio of rejected to counted UOCAVA ballots (see Tables 25 

12 The reported percentages of UOCAVA ballots that were counted do 

not take into account whether the same number of cases (generally, 

counties) were used in both the numerator and denominator. For

example, nationwide, Table 18 reports 93.2 percent of UOCAVA

ballots counted as a percentage of those cast. However, Arkansas,

Massachusetts and Texas report ballots counted from fewer 

jurisdictions than they do for ballots cast, whereas six States 

reported ballots counted for more counties than reported ballots 

cast. Differences in the response rates within States for individual

data items appear throughout the NVRA, UOCAVA, and Election 

Administration and Voting Survey studies. Data for all three studies

are available on the EAC website at www.eac.g

through 27). Rhode Island counted all 302 submitted ballots

and rejected zero. Idaho, on the other hand, counted 937 ballots (79.1 percent) and rejected 248 (20.9 perce

Uniformed services and civilian voters made up approximately the same percentage of rejected ballots as they did 

ballots cast and ballots counted (46.3 percent were uniformed

services and 45.3 percent were civilian). Forty-six States, th

District of Columbia, and 1 territory reported breakdowns of 

their rejected ballots into these two categories

Of particular interest is the reason UOCAVA ballots 

were rejected. Data on this topic are presented in Table

24. The most common reason for the rejection of UOCAVA

ballots was missed deadlines; 32.4 percent of the 14,824

rejected ballots were not counted for this reason

Figure 4. Reasons for Rejected UOCAVA Ballots

Another 1,052 ballots (or 7.1 percent) were rejected

because of problems with a required voter signature; for 

example, the signature may not have matched the signature on file, or it may have been missing altogether. States

reported a variety of other reasons for rejecting UOCAVA 

ballots; these are listed in the county-level data available 

from EAC’s website at www.eac.g

13

13 Some reasons provided include: the voter was deceased, the voter 

name or address did not match the application, no absentee ballot 

application was on file, and the voter was inactive or “pending,” 

among many other reasons

Other Reason

49.0%

(7,258)

Not Received on Time 

or Missed Deadline

32.4%

(4,805)

Ballot Lacked a Postmark

0.2% (26)

Not

Categorized

11.4%

(1,683)

Problem with 

Voter Signature

7.1% 

(1,052)
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Notably, and consistent with past survey data, FWABs 

were more likely to be rejected than regular State absentee 

ballots. FWABs made up 9.2 percent of rejected UOCAV

ballots, although they were only 2.0 percent of the ballots submitted for counting (See Table 21). States reporte

receiving 4,294 FWABs and rejecting 1,359, or 31.6 percent,

although the actual percentage rejected may be higher

EAC received data from 41 States on the number of FWABs 

submitted for counting, but only 38 States provided data on 

the number of FWABs they rejected. More than half of all

rejected FWABs were in four States – Maryland, Texas, California, and North Carolina

HIGHLIGHTS

States reported transmitting more than 611,000 UOCAVA 

ballots to overseas civilian and uniformed services voters in 

2010, and more than 211,000 of these ballots were returned 

and submitted for counting by voters. The fate of the approximately 400,000 remaining ballots is difficult to discern;

unless ballots are returned as undeliverable or spoiled, 

which accounted for nearly an additional 47,000 ballots, 

States often lack the ability or resources to track them

States’ collecting and reporting of UOCAVA data are 

improving. Overall, there were an additional 161 counties

(or county-equivalent jurisdictions) included in the survey, 

from 4,517 in 2008 to 4,678 in 2010. For the 2010 Federal election, in key categories, nearly all States were able to report

totals, generally at the county-level. For example, all 53

States and territories and the District of Columbia were able 

to report the number of UOCAVA ballots transmitted, the 

number of UOCAVA ballots submitted for counting, and the 

number of ballots counted. At more detailed levels, however,

the need for improvements in data collection remains. For

example, approximately half the States and territories surveyed were not able to provide sufficient data on the number of FWABs rejected. More complete data may provide a

clearer picture of the reasons for the higher rejection rate for 

FWABs than for other UOCAVA ballots

The observations presented in this report represent a 

high level review of the results of the UOCAVA data provided 

by States for the 2010 Federal election. A careful examination

of the State totals presented in the tables accompanying this 

report and of the county-level (or equivalent) data available 

on the EAC website at www.eac.gov will provide valuabl

information concerning military and overseas civilian voters

MOVING FORWARD 

The quality of information regarding UOCAVA ballots continues to improve, and the 2010 survey yielded a more complete picture of UOCAVA balloting than past surveys. States

are generally making significant strides in designing their 

data management systems to produce the necessary data 

on UOCAVA voters. In addition, a number of jurisdictions

included comments with their data indicating that although 

they currently do not have the capability to track a particular piece of information, they are working on developing a 

tracking system for future EAVS surveys. EAC will continue

to work with States to seek ways to distinguish UOCAVA 

ballots from domestic civilian absentee ballots; refine their 

database categorizations, particularly for the reasons ballots 

are rejected; and improve tracking of FWABs

Recent research, including this report, is beginning to 

provide a more complete picture of UOCAVA voting. Overseas eligible voters are harder to reach and study than those

living in the United States. Consequently, very little is known

about why the number of UOCAVA ballots cast is so much 

lower than the estimated number of eligible voters overseas

EAC is committed to facilitating State and local efforts to 

collect and report complete EAVS survey data on overseas 

and military voting in an effort to increase compliance with 

statutory reporting requirements and provide an even better 

picture of UOCAVA voting over time. To this end, EAC has

discussed with FVAP the possibility of working collaboratively to make the States’ collection of data on UOCAVA 

voting more efficient in the future
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FOOTNOTES TO TABLES

General Notes:

State: In the interest of consistency in these tables, the term State 

includes the District of Columbia and the four territories of American 

Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 

Jurisdictions in the Survey: For the 2010 survey, information was 

requested for each local election administration jurisdiction. Generally this would be the county or county equivalent in each State. The 

following exceptions may apply (exceptions are noted by an asterisk 

below the State name in Table 1a in “The Impact of the National 

Voter Registration Act of 1993 on the Administration of Elections For 

Federal Office 2009-2010”): 

a) The information was compiled by town, city, or township in the six 

New England States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New 

Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

b) Some independent cities were treated as counties for reporting 

purposes in the States of Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, 

and Virginia. 

c) The response was one record for the whole entity for Alaska, the 

District of Columbia, and the reporting territories.

d) In Wisconsin, the information was collected from the towns, 

cities, or townships but was summarized by county.

e) In Hawaii, information for one county, Kalawao, was reported 

with Maui County.

Table 6 contains more information on the coverage and reporting for 

each State.

Missing Data: Information for several items remains unavailable for 

some States for a number of reasons. Missing data are presented 

in the tables by a blank data cell or a zero value depending on how 

the State answered the question. Note that a zero value may also 

indicate that the jurisdiction does not know or does not collect 

the information. The count of cases, included in most tables but 

not for all variables, reflects the presence of a response from the 

jurisdiction including reported zeros. For many questions, zero is a 

valid response. In some cases, however, it is unclear if a response 

of zero is a valid response or an indication of “Data Not Available” 

or “Data Not Applicable” options. Researchers should consult the 

jurisdiction-level dataset for more detail. If a calculation is impossible because of missing information, a separate symbol may be 

indicated, e.g., a series of periods (......).

Sum of Above: The information listed in the tables below the State 

detail is, for most columns, simply the arithmetic sum of the information listed in the table. The number of States providing information is 

indicated as the count of States with information greater than, or in 

some cases, less than, zero. The percentages indicated on this line are 

generally the result of a simple division based upon the appropriate 

numbers from this line. For the Not Categorized columns, the number 

and percentage in the “Sum of Above” line will generally reflect a 

calculation of the appropriate fields listed on this line.

Specific Notes for Tables: Notes specific to each table appear following each table or group of sub-tables. 
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CROSS REFERENCE OF SURVEY QUESTIONS TO TABLES

Question B1— Number of UOCAVA ballots transmitted and type of voter

Table 8. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Type of Voter

Table 9. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Disposition of Ballots

Table 25. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, All Voters

Table 26. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Non-Military Voters

Question B2—Number of UOCAVA ballots transmitted and disposition of the ballot

Table 9. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Disposition of Ballots

Question B3—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting

Table 10. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Voter

Table 11. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as % of Cast, by Type of Voter

Table 25. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, All Voters

Question B4—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of voter, 

all ballots

Table 10. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Voter

Table 12. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as % of Cast, by Type of Voter

Table 26. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Question B5—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of voter, 

absentee ballots

Table 11. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 12. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Question B6—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of voter, 

FWAB

Table 11. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 12. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Table 25. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, All Voters

Table 26. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Question B7—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of voter, 

other ballots

Table 11. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 12. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters
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CROSS REFERENCE OF SURVEY QUESTIONS TO TABLES (CONTINUED)

Question B8—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted

Table 14. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Voter

Table 15. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as % of Cast, by Type of Voter

Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot

Table 25. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, All Voters

Question B9—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of voter, all ballots

Table 14. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Voter

Table 16. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Question B9—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of voter, all ballots

Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as % of Cast, by Type of Voter

Table 26. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Question B10—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of voter, absentee ballots

Table 15. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 16. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot

Question B11—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of voter, FWAB

Table 15. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 16. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot

Question B12—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of voter, other ballots

Table 15. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 16. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot

Question B13—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected

Table 20. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Voter

Table 21. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 24. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Reason for Rejection

Table 25. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, All Voters

Question B14—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by reason for rejection

Table 24. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Reason for Rejection
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CROSS REFERENCE OF SURVEY QUESTIONS TO TABLES (CONTINUED)

Question B15—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of voter, all ballots

Table 20. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Voter

Table 22. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Table 26. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Question B16—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of voter, absentee ballots

Table 21. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 22. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Question B17—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of voter, FWAB

Table 21. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 22. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

Question B18—Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of voter, other ballots

Table 21. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, All Voters

Table 22. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

Table 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters
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Appendix A – Tables

Table 8. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table 9. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Disposition of Ballots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 10. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Table 11. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 12. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 14. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 15. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, All Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Table 16. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Table 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as % of Cast, by Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Table 20. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Table 21. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, All Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 22. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters...

Table 24. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Reason for Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 25. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, All Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 26. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Uniformed Services Voters . . . . . . . . . 76

Table 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Non-military/Civilian Voters . . . . . . . 78
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Table 8. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Type of Voter

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Total Ballots Transmitted

UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted to Voters by Type of Voter Not Categorized

Uniformed Services Domestic or Overseas Non-military/Civilian Overseas Other Voter (See Comments) Balance ( See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 4,875 67 3,982 66 81.7 716 50 14.7 99 4 2.0 78 1.6 

Alaska 1 9,515 1 8,133 1 85.5 1,382 1 14.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 8,080 15 4,130 15 51.1 3,950 14 48.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 1,212 75 730 73 60.2 481 69 39.7 1 49 0.1 0 0.0 

California 58 89,582 58 41,401 57 46.2 47,689 57 53.2 199 8 0.2 293 0.3 

Colorado 64 10,650 64 3,338 64 31.3 7,305 64 68.6 0 0.0 7 0.1 

Connecticut 169 1,099 169 408 169 37.1 691 169 62.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 1,603 3 852 3 53.2 751 3 46.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 1,114 1 100 1 9.0 1,014 1 91.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Florida 67 75,268 67 53,404 67 71.0 21,864 67 29.0 0 67 0.0 0 0.0 

Georgia 159 20,059 159 12,611 159 62.9 7,448 159 37.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Hawaii 4 563 4 270 4 48.0 188 4 33.4 105 1 18.7 0 0.0 

Idaho 44 2,042 44 1,529 44 74.9 512 44 25.1 0 0.0 1 0.0 

Illinois 110 19,052 110 6,994 94 36.7 5,264 86 27.6 4,446 76 23.3 2,348 12.3 

Indiana 92 8,087 92 4,751 92 58.7 3,336 92 41.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Iowa 99 3,004 99 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,004 100.0 

Kansas 105 4,487 105 2,824 105 62.9 1,663 105 37.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 1,452 120 846 120 58.3 606 120 41.7 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 16,267 64 11,325 64 69.6 4,942 64 30.4 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 1,347 505 596 505 44.2 751 505 55.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 10,693 24 3,354 24 31.4 7,339 24 68.6 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 2,924 350 472 181 16.1 2,229 223 76.2 0 0.0 223 7.6 

Michigan 83 4,533 83 2,571 83 56.7 1,962 83 43.3 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 3,124 87 1,115 87 35.7 2,009 87 64.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 2,767 71 968 63 35.0 104 51 3.8 12 8 0.4 1,683 60.8 

Missouri 116 8,624 116 5,488 113 63.6 3,136 105 36.4 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Montana 56 3,791 56 2,880 56 76.0 911 56 24.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 1,798 67 1,201 67 66.8 597 44 33.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 2,140 17 1,533 16 71.6 578 15 27.0 0 1 0.0 29 1.4 

New Hampshire 323 2,345 323 1,216 323 51.9 1,129 323 48.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 11,720 21 3,783 21 32.3 5,419 21 46.2 2,518 21 21.5 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 614 30 0 8 0.0 0 8 0.0 0 2 0.0 614 100.0 

New York 62 54,495 62 15,346 62 28.2 39,149 62 71.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Carolina 100 12,648 100 8,323 100 65.8 4,325 100 34.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 266 53 202 53 75.9 64 53 24.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 9,771 88 5,643 88 57.8 4,104 88 42.0 24 88 0.2 0 0.0 

Oklahoma 77 4,847 77 3,006 77 62.0 1,769 77 36.5 72 77 1.5 0 0.0 
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State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Total Ballots Transmitted

UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted to Voters by Type of Voter Not Categorized

Uniformed Services Domestic or Overseas Non-military/Civilian Overseas Other Voter (See Comments) Balance ( See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oregon 36 13,757 36 6,941 36 50.5 6,816 36 49.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 23,043 67 12,816 67 55.6 10,227 67 44.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Rhode Island 39 471 39 0 0.0 0 0.0 471 39 100.0 0 0.0

South Carolina 46 1,757 46 1,231 46 70.1 526 46 29.9 0 0.0 0 0.0

South Dakota 66 758 66 589 54 77.7 115 42 15.2 6 6 0.8 48 6.3 

Tennessee 95 4,383 95 3,506 94 80.0 877 91 20.0 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

Texas 254 69,526 254 49,789 211 71.6 19,737 211 28.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Utah 29 2,940 29 1,487 29 50.6 1,453 29 49.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Vermont 233 776 207 327 171 42.1 406 167 52.3 2 3 0.3 41 5.3 

Virginia 134 18,356 124 6,979 119 38.0 6,368 111 34.7 105 76 0.6 4,904 26.7 

Washington 39 52,892 39 32,546 35 61.5 7,251 35 13.7 25 3 0.0 13,070 24.7 

West Virginia 55 798 28 510 25 63.9 110 25 13.8 0 0.0 178 22.3 

Wisconsin 72 4,077 72 2,603 72 63.8 1,474 72 36.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 913 23 534 23 58.5 379 23 41.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 61 1 61 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 92 1 75 1 81.5 17 1 18.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 611,058 4,574 335,319 4,109 54.9 241,133 4,051 39.5 8,085 825 1.3 26,521 4.3 

States Included 53 51 51 24 15 

Question B1a B1b B1c B1d+e calc
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Table 8. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Type of Voter

Question B1. Number of UOCAVA ballots transmitted and type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the 

inability to correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B1

Alabama Information contained herein was provided by the county Absentee Election Managers as reported to the Office of the Alabama Secretary of State. The responsibility for the accuracy of 

this data lies with the county elections officials.

Arkansas One jurisdiction indicated that non military civilians were overseas when absentee process started; they came to the US for a short period and mailed the absentee to them in the States. A 

second jurisdiction indicated that no absentee ballots were transmitted to uniformed and overseas citizens.

Arizona In the State of Arizona, UOCAVA ballots are allowed to be transmitted by mail, fax or email. Of the 2,224 "Uniformed services voters" ballots sent, 449 were sent by email and 0 (zero) by 

fax. Of the 2,295 "Non military/civilian overseas voters" ballots sent, 264 were sent by email and 5 were sent by fax. The remaining balance of UOCAVA ballots sent (3,806) were sent 

by mail (either through the US Post Office for domestic voters or via DHL International for overseas voters). Arizona also allows for a UOCAVA voter to indicate their preferred method for 

communication and transmission of their voting information and materials such as ballots. This method remains valid for the period of time that the UOCAVA voter noted on the Federal 

Post Card Application (up to 2 federal elections).

California One county indicated that the difference between B1b and B1c are 3 replacement ballots. A second county indicated that they do not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign 

data. Answers in A and B are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Another county indicated that totals include 60-day issued ballots as well as 2nd issue ballots. Another county 

reported that most users of FPCA cards are simply in our file as “FPCA" without distinction as to military or civilian. For regular VBM voters who were temporarily overseas and did not 

receive the original ballots sent, they returned FWAB ballots by fax. Due to conflicting deadlines between candidate filing for the State Senate District 1 (SD1) vacancy and the deadline 

for mailing UOCAVA voting packages; the official Placer County ballot sent to all eligible UOCAVA voters for the November election did not contain a list of qualified candidates for that 

race (only a place marker). To address this issue, all SD1 UOCAVA voters were sent both a regular Placer County ballot, and a blank Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot. Quantities have been 

indicated below. PLEASE NOTE: Although the Placer County Office of Elections generated FWABs for the SD1 vacancy race, they were not issued or managed in the Election Information 

Management System (EIMS). Because of this, the figures provided for each question regarding UOCAVA voters in this section and section F will reflect only ballots managed in EIMS while 

the SD1 FWAB reporting totals and a description for those totals will be provided in the comments area of each perspective question. B1a: 447 - Additional SD1 FWABs sent to UOCAVA 

voters. B1b: 219 - Additional SD1 FWABs sent to military voters (domestic and overseas). B1c: 228 - Additional SD1 FWABs sent to overseas civilian voters. Includes suspended ballots.

Colorado Where an elector has requested electronic ballot transmission, some counties' standard practice is to both mail the ballot and send it electronically. As a result, these ballots will be 

reflected twice in these totals.

Hawaii One jurisdiction indicated that “B1c. was civilian overseas and B1d. was civilians residing overseas permanently.”

Missouri One jurisdiction indicated that it received 1 FWAB, but did not transmit it

New Jersey Transmitted = having mail date. Categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians.

New Mexico UOCAVA voter data are not characterized by uniform/nonmilitary. 

Nevada One jurisdiction indicated that the total includes re-issues for undeliverable ballots. A second jurisdiction indicated that these numbers reflect six (6) voters who were in mailing precincts, 

which were included in the Election Day count, not with the absentees.

Ohio One jurisdiction indicated that it is pleased to have the FPCA valid for only 1 calendar year. It was difficult to keep track of the voters for the previous 2 year period. 

South Dakota One jurisdiction indicated that none were requested. A second jurisdiction reported the following breakdown in its comments: “OS Citizen: 2, Stateside Mil: 3, OS Mil: 1.” A third 

jurisdiction reported that one federal write in ballot was received. Another jurisdiction indicated that there were only 2 total civilians stateside. 

Tennessee Montgomery County indicated that it is the home to Fort Campbell Military Installation and therefore will always have more UOCAVA absentee requests than civilian requests. Another 

jurisdiction indicated that 1 ballot, mailed to Clarksville, TN (as requested), was sent by his wife overseas, because he was deployed. It was received in their office December 2, 010 - too 

late to count.
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Table 9. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Disposition of Ballots

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Total Ballots Transmitted

UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted to Voters and Disposition Not Categorized

Returned and Submitted for Counting Returned as Undeliverable Spoiled or Replaced Ballots Status Unknown (Not Returned) Other Disposition (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 4,875 67 1,149 66 23.6 724 52 14.9 32 21 0.7 2,408 55 49.4 433 7 8.9 129 2.6 

Alaska 1 9,515 1 4,921 1 51.7 385 1 4.0 141 1 1.5 4,068 1 42.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 8,080 15 2,643 15 32.7 703 10 8.7 13 2 0.2 3,523 13 43.6 1,198 2 14.8 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 1,212 75 576 73 47.5 77 67 6.4 11 64 0.9 539 67 44.5 8 47 0.7 1 0.1 

California 58 89,582 58 24,923 57 27.8 3,605 48 4.0 2,075 36 2.3 54,532 55 60.9 4,496 8 5.0 (49) (0.1)

Colorado 64 10,650 64 4,577 64 43.0 880 64 8.3 617 64 5.8 4,294 64 40.3 0 0.0 282 2.6 

Connecticut 169 1,099 169 703 169 64.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 396 169 36.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 1,603 3 578 3 36.1 80 3 5.0 35 3 2.2 813 3 50.7 97 3 6.1 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 1,114 1 321 1 28.8 81 1 7.3 32 1 2.9 680 1 61.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Florida 67 75,268 67 30,439 67 40.4 3,947 67 5.2 140 67 0.2 40,229 67 53.4 513 67 0.7 0 0.0 

Georgia 159 20,059 159 4,031 159 20.1 3,030 159 15.1 6 159 0.0 12,129 159 60.5 863 159 4.3 0 0.0 

Hawaii 4 563 4 371 4 65.9 7 3 1.2 0 2 0.0 95 3 16.9 0 0.0 90 16.0 

Idaho 44 2,042 44 962 44 47.1 177 44 8.7 12 44 0.6 889 44 43.5 0 0.0 2 0.1 

Illinois 110 19,052 110 1,615 53 8.5 978 84 5.1 4 71 0.0 9,386 91 49.3 0 0.0 7,069 37.1 

Indiana 92 8,087 92 2,219 92 27.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5,868 72.6 

Iowa 99 3,004 99 1,446 99 48.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,558 51.9 

Kansas 105 4,487 105 1,338 105 29.8 615 105 13.7 0 0.0 2,534 105 56.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 1,452 120 1,067 120 73.5 37 120 2.5 0 120 0.0 342 120 23.6 0 120 0.0 6 0.4 

Louisiana 64 16,267 64 2,143 64 13.2 1,705 64 10.5 0 64 0.0 12,322 64 75.7 97 64 0.6 0 0.0 

Maine 505 1,347 505 659 505 48.9 98 505 7.3 6 505 0.4 584 505 43.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 10,693 24 2,711 24 25.4 422 24 3.9 0 0.0 7,560 24 70.7 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 2,924 350 1,975 351 67.5 6 5 0.2 1 5 0.0 821 351 28.1 1 1 0.0 120 4.1 

Michigan 83 4,533 83 3,044 83 67.2 100 83 2.2 32 83 0.7 1,145 83 25.3 212 83 4.7 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 3,124 87 2,031 87 65.0 7 87 0.2 25 87 0.8 1,061 87 34.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 2,767 71 2,175 64 78.6 73 46 2.6 4 40 0.1 332 51 12.0 1 4 0.0 182 6.6 

Missouri 116 8,624 116 3,363 113 39.0 695 105 8.1 55 86 0.6 1,822 78 21.1 13 4 0.2 2,676 31.0 

Montana 56 3,791 56 1,485 56 39.2 358 56 9.4 20 56 0.5 1,928 56 50.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 1,798 67 646 62 35.9 144 31 8.0 308 7 17.1 700 56 38.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 2,140 17 1,564 17 73.1 185 11 8.6 44 12 2.1 317 17 14.8 30 1 1.4 0 0.0 

New Hampshire 323 2,345 323 1,237 323 52.8 207 323 8.8 0 0.0 901 323 38.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 11,720 21 2,933 21 25.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8,787 21 75.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 614 30 606 29 98.7 2 19 0.3 0 17 0.0 4 17 0.7 2 2 0.3 0 0.0 

New York 62 54,495 62 255 1 0.5 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 54,240 99.5 

North Carolina 100 12,648 100 2,759 100 21.8 1,924 100 15.2 458 100 3.6 7,507 100 59.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 266 53 176 53 66.2 0 52 0.0 1 53 0.4 87 53 32.7 2 2 0.8 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 9,771 88 3,739 88 38.3 1,390 88 14.2 51 88 0.5 4,589 88 47.0 0 88 0.0 2 0.0 

Oklahoma 77 4,847 77 1,359 77 28.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,419 77 70.5 72 77 1.5 (3) (0.1)
19 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Total Ballots Transmitted

UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted to Voters and Disposition Not Categorized

Returned and Submitted for Counting Returned as Undeliverable Spoiled or Replaced Ballots Status Unknown (Not Returned) Other Disposition (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oregon 36 13,757 36 4,770 36 34.7 383 36 2.8 1,169 36 8.5 7,435 36 54.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 23,043 67 8,125 67 35.3 1,441 67 6.3 76 67 0.3 13,401 67 58.2 0 67 0.0 0 0.0

Rhode Island 39 471 39 302 39 64.1 0 0.0 0 39 0.0 0 0.0 169 39 35.9 0 0.0

South Carolina 46 1,757 46 1,277 46 72.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 480 46 27.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

South Dakota 66 758 66 549 53 72.4 0 30 0.0 0 29 0.0 58 33 7.7 19 8 2.5 132 17.4 

Tennessee 95 4,383 95 3,097 95 70.7 41 75 0.9 50 77 1.1 1,185 92 27.0 10 8 0.2 0 0.0 

Texas 254 69,526 254 17,550 254 25.2 13,732 254 19.8 0 2 0.0 37,609 210 54.1 0 1 0.0 635 0.9 

Utah 29 2,940 29 818 29 27.8 193 29 6.6 78 29 2.7 1,851 29 63.0 0 29 0.0 0 0.0 

Vermont 233 776 207 459 178 59.1 5 128 0.6 14 129 1.8 190 143 24.5 7 8 0.9 101 13.0 

Virginia 134 18,356 124 5,451 119 29.7 1,123 111 6.1 31 86 0.2 4,140 92 22.6 373 80 2.0 7,238 39.4 

Washington 39 52,892 39 20,899 39 39.5 1,703 33 3.2 107 22 0.2 30,178 39 57.1 3 1 0.0 2 0.0 

West Virginia 55 798 28 520 27 65.2 53 26 6.6 2 26 0.3 106 26 13.3 0 0.0 117 14.7 

Wisconsin 72 4,077 72 1,462 72 35.9 409 72 10.0 0 0.0 2,181 72 53.5 25 72 0.6 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 913 23 472 23 51.7 12 23 1.3 0 23 0.0 429 23 47.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 61 1 46 1 75.4 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 15 1 24.6 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 92 1 46 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 46 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 611,058 4,574 184,582 4,389 30.2 41,737 3,313 6.8 5,650 2,425 0.9 290,047 3,978 47.5 8,644 1,077 1.4 80,398 13.2 

States Included 53 53 45 42 49 30 22 

Question B1a B2a B2b B2c B2d B2e+f+g calc
2 0 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Table 9. UOCAVA Ballots Transmitted: Disposition of Ballots

Question B2. Number of UOCAVA ballots transmitted and disposition of the ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the 

inability to correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B2

Arkansas A jurisdiction indicated that a voter should have to submit an absentee application each year and should not have to carry over applications for 2 years. A second jurisdiction indicated that 

one overseas military member was home and came to the office and voted early. A third jurisdiction indicated that 1 ballot was returned as undeliverable after the deadline for certification. 

Searcy County indicated that the above section B2 information is not applicable due to zero ballots being transmitted. 

Arizona In the State of Arizona, UOCAVA ballots are allowed to be returned by mail, fax or by electronic upload via the Secretary of State's secure portal. One county indicated that for B2e “Stats are 

combined for those returned as undeliverable and those that did not get returned by voters.”

California One jurisdiction indicated that B2a includes 15 replacement ballots. A second jurisdiction indicated that there were two spoiled or replaced ballots, but they should not be included in the 

total. A third jurisdiction indicated that there is one more ballot than voters because one voter spoiled their ballot and a second ballot was issued to that voter. Another jurisdiction reported 

in its comments that “B2a: 13 - Returned SD1 FWABs. B2c: This data is not currently available; however, we will be implementing ways of tracking this information in the future. B2d: 434 - 

Unreturned SD1 FWABs.” Another jurisdiction indicated, “there are a total of 1,172 Undeliverable and Status Unknown ballots, but individual totals are not available at this time. The voter 

information from these ballots cannot be added to the voter file until election duties related to the January 4, 2011 special general election have been completed.” Another jurisdiction indicated, “B2e - Stateside Military are not currently tracked for returns; however, we are implementing changes so we can track this information in the future.” One jurisdiction indicated that it 

did not track “returned as undeliverable” during this election. One jurisdiction indicated that replacement ballots are included in other numbers in this section. One jurisdiction specified “B2e 

Replacement ballots are also included in the other numbers within the same section. For instance a Replacement Ballot could also be included in the Returned for Counting number.” 

Colorado Two jurisdictions indicated that spoiled ballots were also included in the returned ballots. 

Delaware One jurisdiction indicated that “B2e also includes applicants who voted at their polling place on Election Day because they were no longer eligible UOCAVA voters or they were visiting home 

on Election Day.”

Louisiana Louisiana does not track "spoiled" ballots. Most often VOID is used when the Registrar of Voters mails a ballot to a UOCAVA voter and then the voter comes in person to vote on election day 

or for early voting. Louisiana VOIDS the mail ballot so that the Registrar of Voters knows in the statewide voter registration system that the voter had already voted if the voter mails their 

absentee ballot in later.

Missouri One jurisdiction indicated, “one ballot was returned by email. It was remade officially and counted.” A second jurisdiction reported that “B2a total is off by 2 voters, ballots should be counted 

as FWAB”. A third jurisdiction reported “B2a does not include 1 FWAB. Is included in B3.” 

Mississippi One jurisdiction indicated that data were not available on B2b, B2c, and B2d. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B2a=Received + Accepted + Rejected ballots. B2d=ballots not returned.

Ohio One county specified, “B2c comment. Three ballots were replaced; the three replaced ballots are included in the counted, to enter it in B2c would cause an error in the total.”

Rhode Island In Rhode Island, the Board of Elections immediately time stamps, writes void on, and stores away any mail ballot received after the 9:00 PM election night deadline. For security reasons the 

outer envelope on these ballots is never opened so they are not tracked. Category B2e is a combination of ballots returned past the deadline and ballots never returned.

Tennessee One jurisdiction indicated, “60 went to Counting Board, 2 received post Election.”

Vermont One jurisdiction indicated, “B2b original ballot to domestic military voter was returned and another ballot was mailed to new address - after which voter emailed requesting an emailed ballot 

which was also sent. Voter replied that she would vote on a paper ballot received and to delete the email ballot and sign affidavit re same BUT no ballot was ever returned!”

Washington One jurisdiction indicated that their response does not include an "email" ballot count. Not all E-ballot users are UOCAVA. A second jurisdiction indicated, “B2a. A voter classified as Domestic 

Military attempted to return 2 ballots. See rejected ballots. The voter was issued 2 ballots because of a valid address change after the initial mailing 45 days prior to election day. The original 

ballot was voided and a new ballot was mailed, both were returned within 2 days of each other.” A third jurisdiction indicated, “105 UOCAVA ballots were counted. 1 UOCAVA ballot was 

returned too late, after the Election was certified.”
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Table 10. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Voter

State

Election

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in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Submitted 

for Counting

UOCAVA Ballots Received from Voters, by Type of Voter, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Uniformed Services Domestic or Overseas Non-military/Civilian Overseas Other Voter (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 1,125 65 1,033 65 91.8 228 40 20.3 38 7 3.4 (174) (15.5)

Alaska 1 5,083 1 4,294 1 84.5 789 1 15.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 2,643 15 1,422 15 53.8 1,221 14 46.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 596 75 284 70 47.7 146 68 24.5 3 45 0.5 163 27.3 

California 58 25,208 57 6,385 54 25.3 12,867 54 51.0 690 8 2.7 5,266 20.9 

Colorado 64 4,548 64 1,161 64 25.5 3,377 64 74.3 0 0.0 10 0.2 

Connecticut 169 690 169 249 169 36.1 441 169 63.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 603 3 234 3 38.8 369 3 61.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 321 1 32 1 10.0 289 1 90.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Florida 67 30,459 67 21,753 67 71.4 8,706 67 28.6 0 67 0.0 0 0.0 

Georgia 159 4,031 159 2,238 159 55.5 1,793 159 44.5 0 159 0.0 0 0.0 

Hawaii 4 371 5 168 5 45.3 123 4 33.2 80 4 21.6 0 0.0 

Idaho 44 1,184 44 790 44 66.7 257 44 21.7 135 11 11.4 2 0.2 

Illinois 110 7,140 110 2,511 94 35.2 1,646 83 23.1 2,983 89 41.8 0 16.5 

Indiana 92 1,878 92 1,037 92 55.2 841 92 44.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Iowa 99 1,446 99 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,446 100.0 

Kansas 105 1,398 105 756 105 54.1 639 105 45.7 3 1 0.2 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 1,101 120 623 120 56.6 478 120 43.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 2,165 64 1,524 64 70.4 641 64 29.6 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 659 505 254 505 38.5 405 505 61.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 3,713 24 683 24 18.4 2,028 24 54.6 1,002 24 27.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 1,975 351 439 351 22.2 1,517 351 76.8 0 351 0.0 19 1.0 

Michigan 83 3,219 83 1,963 83 61.0 1,256 83 39.0 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 2,125 87 731 87 34.4 1,394 87 65.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 629 68 528 61 83.9 79 44 12.6 0 16 0.0 22 3.5 

Missouri 116 3,403 115 2,159 114 63.4 1,230 97 36.1 7 3 0.2 7 0.2 

Montana 56 1,535 56 1,135 56 73.9 400 56 26.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 645 61 429 58 66.5 217 34 33.6 0 0.0 (0.2)

Nevada 17 1,638 17 1,126 16 68.7 504 15 30.8 0 2 0.0 8 0.5 

New Hampshire 323 1,237 323 594 323 48.0 643 323 52.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 2,933 21 730 21 24.9 1,612 21 55.0 591 21 20.2 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 603 26 0 4 0.0 0 4 0.0 0 1 0.0 603 100.0 

New York 62 22,303 62 5,270 62 23.6 16,820 62 75.4 0 0.0 213 1.0 

North Carolina 100 2,913 100 1,617 100 55.5 1,296 100 44.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 183 53 133 53 72.7 48 53 26.2 0 1 0.0 2 1.1 

Ohio 88 3,869 88 2,130 88 55.1 1,719 88 44.4 20 88 0.5 0 0.0 

Oklahoma 77 1,432 77 868 77 60.6 494 77 34.5 70 77 4.9 0 0.0 
2 2 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Submitted 

for Counting

UOCAVA Ballots Received from Voters, by Type of Voter, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Uniformed Services Domestic or Overseas Non-military/Civilian Overseas Other Voter (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oregon 36 4,813 36 2,247 36 46.7 2,523 36 52.4 43 36 0.9 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 8,125 67 4,319 67 53.2 3,806 67 46.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Rhode Island 39 302 39 0 0.0 0 0.0 302 39 100.0 0 0.0

South Carolina 46 1,277 46 874 46 68.4 403 46 31.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 

South Dakota 66 617 56 538 66 87.2 93 65 15.1 3 66 0.5 (17) (2.8)

Tennessee 95 3,117 94 2,385 94 76.5 713 85 22.9 24 11 0.8 (5) (0.2)

Texas 254 17,863 254 13,218 188 74.0 4,646 188 26.0 0 0.0 (0.0)

Utah 29 823 29 326 29 39.6 463 29 56.3 89 9 10.8 (55) (6.7)

Vermont 233 495 188 205 150 41.4 284 155 57.4 9 4 1.8 (3) (0.6)

Virginia 134 3,737 134 1,785 134 47.8 1,470 134 39.3 664 134 17.8 (182) (4.9)

Washington 39 20,929 37 13,065 35 62.4 3,155 35 15.1 74 4 0.4 4,635 22.1 

West Virginia 55 510 27 307 26 60.2 65 26 12.7 0 0.0 138 27.1 

Wisconsin 72 1,573 72 793 72 50.4 669 72 42.5 111 72 7.1 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 472 23 350 23 74.2 122 23 25.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 46 1 46 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 46 1 33 1 71.7 13 1 28.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 211,749 4,536 107,774 4,243 50.9 84,938 4,139 40.1 6,941 1,498 3.3 12,096 5.7 

States Included 53 51 51 31 23 

Question B3 B4a B4b B4c calc
2 3 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Table 10. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Voter

Question B3 and B4. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B3

Arkansas One jurisdiction reported that “2 were FWAB” and a second reported that “3 were FWAB.” The numbers that are being reported in the EAC Survey for Lawrence County are 98 (0 UOCAVA, 98 

Domestic Civilian). The numbers that are being reported in the EAC Survey for Drew County are 146 (2 FWAB, 144 Domestic Civilian). Clay County indicated that it only had absentee ballots. One 

county indicated that B3a was the “same as B2.” One county indicated that it “received 3 FWABs” and a second indicated that it “received 1 FWAB.” One county explained that it received 2 

FWABs that it did not send out. Another county explained that, “According to the directions above for B3a, the number requested is the total number of ballots submitted for counting (this number 

includes both that were later counted, and those that were rejected). A breakdown of these ballots is as follows: 4(B1a) ballots were transmitted, 4 (B3a) ballots were returned by voters and submitted for counting, 3 ballots were counted, 1 (B13a) ballot was rejected.” One jurisdiction reported that “one voter returned ballot from the Internet that he had printed off. Ballot was counted.” 

Finally, one county indicated that it received 4 UOCAVA ballots that were transmitted and 2 FWAB Ballots.

Arizona Maricopa County had FWABs returned; however none were submitted for counting because the voters submitted regular absentee ballots.

California One county indicated that its system would not give a separate total for these ballots. A second county indicated that No FWAB ballots were received. A third jurisdiction indicated, “B3a: 13 - 

Returned SD1 FWABs.” 

Colorado In Colorado, the number returned may differ from the number counted because in Colorado, a UOCAVA may submit a FWAB or SWAB as a safeguard. The State absentee will be counted if it is 

received by the deadline, otherwise the FWAB or SWAB will be counted.

Florida One county indicated that B3a includes 2 absentee ballot rejects that were not captured in the voter registration database (VR); this is why B3a is different from B2a. Where possible, data included in this survey reflects actual or true numbers of physical items or occurrences and not simply transactions automatically recorded by software. The county is highly confident in the numbers 

provided. Another county indicated that B3a includes 1 FWAB (submitted by voter but not transmitted to voter). A third county indicated that 6 FWABs were received. 

Missouri Christian County reported that it counted the e-mailed ballots in with this total. A second county indicated that the B2a total is off by 2 voters because the ballots should be counted as FWAB. 

Laclede County reported that it did not have any FWABs. 

Mississippi One jurisdiction indicated that no Federal Write-In Ballots were transmitted for the 2010 General Election. Another county reported that when trying to “pull out of county it is only pulling two 

people without county marked.” 

New Jersey In New Jersey B3 is equal to Received + Accepted + Rejected ballots.

New Mexico In New Mexico, B3 includes absentee ballots received that were not counted in the general election for reasons other than late receipt.

Nevada One county indicated that B3 includes 5 FWABs.

Ohio One jurisdiction explained that some FWABs were received, but the actual ballot was returned in time and was counted in the place of the FWAB. A second jurisdiction indicated that 8 Ballots 

were FWABs and 2 of the 8 ballots met the criteria to be counted, and a third specified that B3 includes 5 regular ballots and 1 federal. Another jurisdiction indicated that other ballots came back 

as undeliverable. 

Oklahoma One county indicated that the only ballot returned in the county was a FWAB and it was counted.

South Dakota One jurisdiction specified that 1 was counted, 5 arrived too late, and 1 never requested a ballot. A second indicated that there were 2 total votes. A third jurisdiction explained that 123 + 8 (FWAB) 

= 131. 

Vermont One county explained that none were transmitted. 
24 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Table 10. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Voter

Question B3 and B4. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B4

Arkansas One county indicated that the “Voter Registration Rep. System” had been purged and the information was not retrievable to verify on 1/25/11. A second county indicated that this information 

was not applicable. 

Arizona Three counties indicated that they could not determine type of UOCAVA ballot by type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data. Its answers in B4-7a and B4-7b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that most UOCAVA voters on the Los Angeles County file are categorized as FPCA Voters, without military/civilian distinction and that it does not keep separate counts of FWABs. One 

county indicated that it does not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. Another 

county indicated that it tracks all UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWAB because it remakes the FWAB into a regular ballot; this keeps the ballots in balance. One 

county indicated that 2 FWAB voter registrations and ballots were received after the election. They are not part of any of these totals. Sierra County indicated that it is an all mail county.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive any other type of ballots outside of the UOCAVA and Regular Absentee Ballots.

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballot ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only

Idaho A number of counties indicated that they do not track rejected UOCAVA Absentee Ballots by UOCAVA Type.

Kansas Leavenworth County rejected three UOCAVA ballots that were returned for the 2010 General Election. These ballots were sealed before they were identified as from overseas or domestic military 

members, or from overseas civilians. The county previously reported all of Leavenworth’s UOCAVA ballot information in B4c since the type of voter was unknown for three ballots. The totals were 

consistent with all other information provided on the survey, including B9 and B15 totals. The State changed Leavenworth County’s information in B4a, b, and c to reflect 47 UOCAVA ballots that 

were verifiably received from military voters, 9 UOCAVA ballots that were received from overseas civilians, and 3 ballots for which the type of voter is unknown. The clarification of 56 of the 59 

ballots fixes the previous imbalance between UOCAVA military ballots returned, and UOCAVA military ballots counted as shown in B4a and B9a.

Mississippi Webster County indicated that it is all email.

New Jersey In New Jersey, for B4 the categorization is (same as B1) based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians. Only Received + Accepted + Rejected.

New Mexico All UOCAVA voters are canvassed in the absentee component for New Mexico.

South Dakota Deuel County indicated that it is electronic (internet). 

Tennessee Lake County indicated that no ballots were returned.

Vermont One jurisdiction indicated that it received 1 nonmilitary/civilian overseas ballot on November 4, 2010 which was too late to be submitted and too late to be counted.

Washington One jurisdiction indicated that it has vote-by-mail ballots.
2 5 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 11. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots

Submitted for Counting

UOCAVA Ballots Submitted by Voters, by Type of Ballot, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 1,125 65 1,031 54 91.6 76 22 6.8 45 10 4.0 (27) (2.4)

Alaska 1 5,083 1 4,921 1 96.8 162 1 3.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 2,643 15 1,757 12 66.5 4 1 0.2 7 1 0.3 875 33.1 

Arkansas 75 596 75 218 34 36.6 24 14 4.0 5 9 0.8 349 58.6 

California 58 25,208 57 17,058 47 67.7 317 32 1.3 194 17 0.8 7,639 30.3 

Colorado 64 4,548 64 4,376 64 96.2 97 64 2.1 75 64 1.6 0 0.0 

Connecticut 169 690 169 690 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 603 3 578 3 95.9 25 3 4.1 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 321 1 321 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Florida 67 30,459 67 29,041 67 95.3 377 67 1.2 0 67 0.0 1,041 3.4 

Georgia 159 4,031 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,031 100.0 

Hawaii 4 371 5 10 2 2.7 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 361 97.3 

Idaho 44 1,184 44 1,160 43 98.0 3 43 0.3 0 43 0.0 21 1.8 

Illinois 110 7,140 110 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7,140 100.0 

Indiana 92 1,878 92 1,728 92 92.0 271 40 14.4 0 0.0 (121) (6.4)

Iowa 99 1,446 99 0 0.0 184 99 12.7 5 99 0.3 1,257 86.9 

Kansas 105 1,398 105 1,338 105 95.7 60 105 4.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 1,101 120 1,045 120 94.9 56 120 5.1 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 2,165 64 2,143 64 99.0 22 64 1.0 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 659 505 652 505 98.9 7 505 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 3,713 24 2,711 24 73.0 1,002 24 27.0 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 1,975 351 1,882 351 95.3 71 351 3.6 9 351 0.5 13 0.7 

Michigan 83 3,219 83 2,974 83 92.4 134 83 4.2 0 83 0.0 111 3.4 

Minnesota 87 2,125 87 2,031 87 95.6 94 87 4.4 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 629 68 368 46 58.5 2 19 0.3 0 16 0.0 259 41.2 

Missouri 116 3,403 115 2,512 82 73.8 35 44 1.0 5 30 0.1 851 25.0 

Montana 56 1,535 56 1,485 56 96.7 50 56 3.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 645 61 632 58 98.0 13 4 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 1,638 17 1,189 12 72.6 73 7 4.5 335 4 20.5 41 2.5 

New Hampshire 323 1,237 323 1,145 323 92.6 92 323 7.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 2,933 21 2,933 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 603 26 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 603 100.0 

New York 62 22,303 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 22,303 100.0 

North Carolina 100 2,913 100 2,759 100 94.7 154 100 5.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 183 53 176 53 96.2 5 53 2.7 0 52 0.0 2 1.1 

Ohio 88 3,869 88 3,535 88 91.4 94 88 2.4 2 88 0.1 238 6.2 

Oklahoma 77 1,432 77 1,432 77 100.0 70 77 4.9 0 0.0 (70) (4.9)
26 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots

Submitted for Counting

UOCAVA Ballots Submitted by Voters, by Type of Ballot, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oregon 36 4,813 36 4,770 36 99.1 43 36 0.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 8,125 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8,125 100.0 

Rhode Island 39 302 39 300 39 99.3 2 39 0.7 0 39 0.0 0 0.0

South Carolina 46 1,277 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,277 100.0 

South Dakota 66 617 56 489 66 79.3 52 60 8.4 2 65 0.3 74 12.0 

Tennessee 95 3,117 94 3,099 91 99.4 39 57 1.3 26 17 0.8 (47) (1.5)

Texas 254 17,863 254 17,612 188 98.6 252 188 1.4 0 0.0 (0.0)

Utah 29 823 29 0 29 0.0 0 29 0.0 0 29 0.0 823 100.0 

Vermont 233 495 188 356 92 71.9 4 43 0.8 0 35 0.0 135 27.3 

Virginia 134 3,737 134 1,708 134 45.7 91 134 2.4 1,938 134 51.9 0 0.0 

Washington 39 20,929 37 14,971 30 71.5 53 20 0.3 873 14 4.2 5,032 24.0 

West Virginia 55 510 27 191 16 37.5 73 8 14.3 0 4 0.0 246 48.2 

Wisconsin 72 1,573 72 1,462 72 92.9 111 72 7.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 472 23 472 23 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 46 1 46 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 46 1 46 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 211,749 4,536 141,353 3,662 66.8 4,294 3,155 2.0 3,521 1,542 1.7 62,581 29.6 

States Included 53 45 41 29 30 

Question B3 B5a+b+c B6a+b+c B7a+b+c calc
2 7 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 12. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots Submitted byThese 

Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Submitted by Voters, by Type of Ballot, for Uniformed Services Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 1,033 65 819 54 79.3 53 22 5.1 34 10 3.3 127 12.3 

Alaska 1 4,294 1 4,149 1 96.6 145 1 3.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 1,422 15 1,044 12 73.4 1 1 0.1 6 1 0.4 371 26.1 

Arkansas 75 284 70 146 34 51.4 17 14 6.0 1 7 0.4 120 42.3 

California 58 6,385 54 5,786 47 90.6 178 32 2.8 6 17 0.1 415 6.5 

Colorado 64 1,161 64 1,138 64 98.0 25 64 2.2 10 64 0.9 (12) (1.0)

Connecticut 169 249 169 249 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 234 3 219 3 93.6 15 3 6.4 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 32 1 32 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Florida 67 21,753 67 20,959 67 96.3 264 67 1.2 0 67 0.0 530 2.4 

Georgia 159 2,238 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2,238 100.0 

Hawaii 4 168 5 5 2 3.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 163 97.0 

Idaho 44 790 44 786 43 99.5 0 43 0.0 0 43 0.0 4 0.5 

Illinois 110 2,511 94 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2,511 100.0 

Indiana 92 1,037 92 1,032 92 99.5 233 40 22.5 0 0.0 (228) (22.0)

Iowa 99 0 0 ... 123 99 ... 3 99 ... (126) ...

Kansas 105 756 105 718 105 95.0 38 105 5.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 623 120 588 120 94.4 35 120 5.6 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 1,524 64 1,507 64 98.9 17 64 1.1 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 254 505 251 505 98.8 3 505 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 683 24 683 24 100.0 0 0.0 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 439 351 418 351 95.2 18 351 4.1 0 351 0.0 3 0.7 

Michigan 83 1,963 83 1,852 83 94.3 90 83 4.6 0 83 0.0 21 1.1 

Minnesota 87 731 87 703 87 96.2 28 87 3.8 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 528 61 320 46 60.6 1 19 0.2 0 16 0.0 207 39.2 

Missouri 116 2,159 114 1,478 82 68.5 24 44 1.1 5 30 0.2 652 30.2 

Montana 56 1,135 56 1,090 56 96.0 45 56 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 429 58 424 58 98.8 5 4 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 1,126 16 901 12 80.0 41 7 3.6 160 4 14.2 24 2.1 

New Hampshire 323 594 323 562 323 94.6 32 323 5.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 730 21 730 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 0 4 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

New York 62 5,270 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5,270 100.0 

North Carolina 100 1,617 100 1,518 100 93.9 99 100 6.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 133 53 129 53 97.0 4 53 3.0 0 52 0.0 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 2,130 88 1,933 88 90.8 48 88 2.3 1 88 0.0 148 6.9 

Oklahoma 77 868 77 868 77 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 
2 8 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots Submitted byThese 

Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Submitted by Voters, by Type of Ballot, for Uniformed Services Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oregon 36 2,247 36 2,247 36 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 4,319 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,319 100.0

Rhode Island 39 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 874 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 874 100.0 

South Dakota 66 538 66 417 56 77.5 49 56 9.1 0 65 0.0 72 13.4 

Tennessee 95 2,385 94 2,364 91 99.1 13 57 0.5 2 17 0.1 6 0.3 

Texas 254 13,218 188 13,030 188 98.6 188 188 1.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Utah 29 326 29 0 29 0.0 0 29 0.0 0 29 0.0 326 100.0 

Vermont 233 205 150 158 88 77.1 3 43 1.5 0 35 0.0 44 21.5 

Virginia 134 1,785 134 900 134 50.4 43 134 2.4 794 134 44.5 48 2.7 

Washington 39 13,065 35 12,166 30 93.1 51 20 0.4 558 14 4.3 290 2.2 

West Virginia 55 307 26 153 16 49.8 61 8 19.9 0 4 0.0 93 30.3 

Wisconsin 72 793 72 793 72 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 350 23 350 23 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 46 1 46 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 33 1 33 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 107,774 4,243 85,694 3,609 79.5 1,990 2,932 1.8 1,580 1,530 1.5 18,510 17.2 

States Included 51 44 36 28 28 

Question B4a B5a B6a B7a calc
2 9 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots

Submitted by

These Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Submitted by Voters, by Type of Ballot, for Non-military/Civilian Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 228 40 177 35 77.6 21 16 9.2 11 10 4.8 19 8.3 

Alaska 1 789 1 772 1 97.8 17 1 2.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 1,221 14 713 11 58.4 3 1 0.2 1 1 0.1 504 41.3 

Arkansas 75 146 68 72 29 49.3 5 11 3.4 3 9 2.1 66 45.2 

California 58 12,867 54 10,785 47 83.8 113 32 0.9 11 17 0.1 1,958 15.2 

Colorado 64 3,377 64 3,238 64 95.9 72 64 2.1 65 64 1.9 2 0.1 

Connecticut 169 441 169 441 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 369 3 359 3 97.3 10 3 2.7 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 289 1 289 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Florida 67 8,706 67 8,082 67 92.8 113 67 1.3 0 67 0.0 511 5.9 

Georgia 159 1,793 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,793 100.0 

Hawaii 4 123 4 5 2 4.1 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 118 95.9 

Idaho 44 257 44 250 43 97.3 0 43 0.0 0 43 0.0 7 2.7 

Illinois 110 1,646 83 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,646 100.0 

Indiana 92 841 92 696 92 82.8 18 40 2.1 0 0.0 127 15.1 

Iowa 99 0 0 ... 61 99 ... 2 99 ... (63) ...

Kansas 105 639 105 617 105 96.6 22 105 3.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 478 120 457 120 95.6 21 120 4.4 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 641 64 636 64 99.2 5 64 0.8 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 405 505 401 505 99.0 4 505 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 2,028 24 2,028 24 100.0 0 0.0 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 1,517 351 1,464 349 96.5 53 351 3.5 9 1 0.6 (9) (0.6)

Michigan 83 1,256 83 1,122 83 89.3 44 83 3.5 0 83 0.0 90 7.2 

Minnesota 87 1,394 87 1,328 87 95.3 66 87 4.7 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 79 44 48 32 60.8 1 18 1.3 0 15 0.0 30 38.0 

Missouri 116 1,230 97 1,034 71 84.1 3 40 0.2 0 29 0.0 193 15.7 

Montana 56 400 56 395 56 98.8 5 56 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 217 34 208 34 95.9 8 4 3.7 0 0.0 1 0.5 

Nevada 17 504 15 288 10 57.1 32 6 6.3 175 3 34.7 9 1.8 

New Hampshire 323 643 323 583 323 90.7 60 323 9.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 1,612 21 1,612 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 0 4 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

New York 62 16,820 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16,820 100.0 

North Carolina 100 1,296 100 1,241 100 95.8 55 100 4.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 48 53 47 53 97.9 1 53 2.1 0 52 0.0 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 1,719 88 1,602 88 93.2 26 88 1.5 1 88 0.1 90 5.2 

Oklahoma 77 494 77 494 77 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 
3 0 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots

Submitted by

These Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Submitted by Voters, by Type of Ballot, for Non-military/Civilian Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oregon 36 2,523 36 2,523 36 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 3,806 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,806 100.0

Rhode Island 39 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 403 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 403 100.0 

South Dakota 66 93 65 72 54 77.4 2 51 2.2 2 64 2.2 17 18.3 

Tennessee 95 713 85 711 79 99.7 2 51 0.3 0 14 0.0 0 0.0 

Texas 254 4,646 188 4,582 188 98.6 64 187 1.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Utah 29 463 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 463 100.0 

Vermont 233 284 155 198 92 69.7 1 41 0.4 0 34 0.0 85 29.9 

Virginia 134 1,470 134 677 134 46.1 40 134 2.7 702 134 47.8 51 3.5 

Washington 39 3,155 35 2,805 29 88.9 2 11 0.1 244 12 7.7 104 3.3 

West Virginia 55 65 26 38 16 58.5 12 8 18.5 0 3 0.0 15 23.1 

Wisconsin 72 669 72 669 72 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 122 23 122 23 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 0 1 0 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 ...

Guam 1 13 1 13 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 84,938 4,139 53,894 3,491 63.5 962 2,865 1.1 1,226 1,142 1.4 28,856 34.0 

States Included 51 44 36 28 28 

Question B4b B5b B6b B7b calc
31 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Tables 11, 12, and 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B3, B4, B5, B6, B7. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of ballot and type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B4

Arkansas One county indicated that the “Voter Registration Rep. System” had been purged and the information was not retrievable to verify on 1/25/11. A second county indicated that this information was 

not applicable. 

Arizona Three counties indicated that they could not determine type of UOCAVA ballot by type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data. Its answers in B4-7a and B4-7b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated that most UOCAVA voters on the Los Angeles County file are categorized as FPCA Voters, without military/civilian distinction and that it does not keep separate counts of FWABs. One county 

indicated that it does not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. Another county 

indicated that it tracks all UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWAB because it remakes the FWAB into a regular ballot; this keeps the ballots in balance. One county indicated that 2 FWAB voter registrations and ballots were received after the election; they are not part of any of the totals. Sierra County indicated that it is an all mail county.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive any other type of ballots outside of the UOCAVA and Regular Absentee Ballots.

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballots ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only.

Idaho A number of counties indicated that they do not track rejected UOCAVA Absentee Ballots by UOCAVA Type.

Kansas Leavenworth County indicated they rejected three UOCAVA ballots that were returned for the 2010 General Election. These ballots were sealed before they were identified as from overseas or 

domestic military members, or from overseas civilians. The county previously reported all of Leavenworth’s UOCAVA ballot information in B4c since the type of voter was unknown for three ballots. 

The totals were consistent with all other information provided on the survey, including B9 and B15 totals. The State has changed Leavenworth County’s information in B4a, b, and c to reflect 47 

UOCAVA ballots that were verifiably received from military voters, 9 UOCAVA ballots that were received from overseas civilians, and 3 ballots for which the type of voter is unknown. The clarification of 56 of the 59 ballots fixes the previous imbalance between UOCAVA military ballots returned, and UOCAVA military ballots counted as shown in B4a and B9a.”

Mississippi Webster County indicated that it is all email.

New Jersey In New Jersey, for B4 the categorization is (same as B1) based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians. Only Received 

+ Accepted + Rejected.

New Mexico All UOCAVA voters are canvassed in the absentee component for New Mexico.

South Dakota Deuel County indicated that it is electronic (internet). 

Tennessee Lake County indicated that no ballots were returned.

Vermont One county indicated that it received 1 nonmilitary/civilian overseas ballot on November 4, 2010 which was too late to be submitted and too late to be counted.

Washington One county indicated that it has vote-by-mail ballots.
32 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Tables 11, 12, and 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B3, B4, B5, B6, B7. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of ballot and type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B5

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B4-B7 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties indicated that they could not determine type of UOCAVA ballot by type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. A second county indicated 

that B5c includes “1 - Incomplete voting package faxed by unidentified voter.” One county indicated that it tracks all UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWAB because it 

remakes the FWAB into a regular ballot, keeping the ballots in balance. One county indicated that the FWAB totals are included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B5.

New Mexico All UOCAVA voters are canvassed in the absentee component for New Mexico.

Virginia In Virginia, B5 = State

Question B6

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B4-B7 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties indicated that they could not determine type of UOCAVA ballot by type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county noted that there were 13 returned SD1 FWABS, but a breakdown according to status was not available for this figure. Another county indicated that 2 FWAB voter registrations and 

ballots were received after the election; they are not part of any of these totals. One county indicated that the FWAB totals are included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B5. 

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballot ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only

Maryland Maryland is unable to breakout FWABs into uniformed services voters and civilian, overseas voters.

Mississippi Mississippi county specified, “2 Federal write-in ballots" in its comments section.

Ohio One county indicated that FWAB voters are not identified as military or civilian.

Oklahoma Oklahoma does not capture FWAB and SWAB data by type of voter.

Oregon Oregon did not track whether FWAB was from Uniformed Service or Overseas voters.

Virginia In Virginia, B6 = FWAB
3 3 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Tables 11, 12, and 13. UOCAVA Ballots Submitted for Counting: Type of Ballot, All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B3, B4, B5, B6, B7. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) returned by the voter and submitted for counting by type of ballot and type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B7

Arkansas One county indicated that B7 represents an E-ballot. A second county indicated that B7 were email ballots. Searcy County indicated that B4-B7 is not applicable.

Arizona One county indicated that B7b was a Special Write In Ballot. Another county indicated that B7a were special write in ballots.

California One county indicated that B7 represents ballots returned by fax/email.

Florida One county indicated that responses to B7 are all zeros. A second county indicated that it did not receive any other type of ballots outside of the UOCAVA and Regular Absentee Ballots.

Massachusetts One county indicated that B7 represents electronically returned (fax and email) ballots.

Minnesota Minnesota does not have an “other type of ballot.”

Nevada One county specified that B7 "Other" ballots were received electronically.

South Carolina There is no "other type" of UOCAVA voter. Data are not collected on whether UOCAVA voter submitted FWAB or state-issued ballot.

Virginia In Virginia, B7 = FPCA.

Washington One county indicated, “B7. MyBallot was provided online so a voter can look up their registration status. If they are registered they can choose to print a ballot specific to the precinct in which 

they live along with an oath and reply envelope to return to our office.” A second county indicated, “Other ballots were emailed to the voters in addition to sending them a ballot in the mail.”
3 4 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 14. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Voter

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Counted 

UOCAVA Ballots Counted, by Type of Voter, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Uniformed Services Domestic or Overseas Non-military/Civilian Overseas Other Voter (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 1,058 65 858 64 81.1 194 38 18.3 38 6 3.6 (32) (3.0)

Alaska 1 4,867 1 4,121 1 84.7 746 1 15.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 2,593 15 1,402 14 54.1 1,191 14 45.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 569 74 269 69 47.3 138 65 24.3 1 42 0.2 161 28.3 

California 58 24,082 57 5,977 54 24.8 12,433 54 51.6 507 6 2.1 5,165 21.4 

Colorado 64 4,378 64 1,065 64 24.3 3,292 64 75.2 0 0.0 21 0.5 

Connecticut 169 690 169 249 169 36.1 441 169 63.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 577 3 221 3 38.3 356 3 61.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 286 1 27 1 9.4 259 1 90.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Florida 67 29,220 67 20,665 66 70.7 8,555 67 29.3 0 67 0.0 0 0.0 

Georgia 159 4,008 159 2,230 159 55.6 1,778 159 44.4 0 159 0.0 0 0.0 

Hawaii 4 371 5 168 5 45.3 123 4 33.2 80 2 21.6 0 0.0 

Idaho 44 937 44 695 44 74.2 242 44 25.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Illinois 110 6,807 110 2,403 94 35.3 1,613 82 23.7 2,791 89 41.0 0 0.0 

Indiana 92 1,440 92 861 92 59.8 579 92 40.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Iowa 99 1,392 99 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,392 100.0 

Kansas 105 1,348 105 725 105 53.8 623 105 46.2 0 105 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 1,056 120 596 120 56.4 460 120 43.6 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 1,946 64 1,364 64 70.1 582 64 29.9 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 626 505 245 505 39.1 381 505 60.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 3,136 24 649 24 20.7 1,964 24 62.6 523 24 16.7 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 1,906 237 439 351 23.0 1,492 351 78.3 0 2 0.0 (25) (1.3)

Michigan 83 2,934 83 1,768 83 60.3 1,166 83 39.7 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 1,969 87 691 87 35.1 1,278 87 64.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 616 68 464 58 75.3 75 45 12.2 0 18 0.0 77 12.5 

Missouri 116 3,200 115 2,042 114 63.8 1,149 98 35.9 7 5 0.2 2 0.1 

Montana 56 1,477 56 1,089 56 73.7 388 56 26.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 570 62 388 57 68.1 182 33 31.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 1,616 17 1,116 17 69.1 500 14 30.9 0 2 0.0 0 0.0 

New Hampshire 323 1,184 323 571 323 48.2 613 323 51.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 2,792 21 692 21 24.8 1,538 21 55.1 562 21 20.1 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 602 30 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 2 0.0 602 100.0 

New York 62 16,475 62 3,481 62 21.1 12,994 62 78.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Carolina 100 2,669 100 1,463 100 54.8 1,206 100 45.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 180 53 132 53 73.3 48 53 26.7 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 3,619 88 1,989 88 55.0 1,626 88 44.9 4 88 0.1 0 0.0 

Oklahoma 77 1,325 77 776 77 58.6 478 77 36.1 0 0.0 71 5.4 
3 5 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Counted 

UOCAVA Ballots Counted, by Type of Voter, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Uniformed Services Domestic or Overseas Non-military/Civilian Overseas Other Voter (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oregon 36 4,444 36 2,184 36 49.1 2,217 36 49.9 43 36 1.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 7,956 67 4,230 67 53.2 3,726 67 46.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Rhode Island 39 302 39 0 0.0 0 0.0 302 39 100.0 0 0.0

South Carolina 46 1,251 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,251 100.0 

South Dakota 66 556 66 541 65 97.3 73 65 13.1 3 66 0.5 (61) (11.0)

Tennessee 95 3,037 95 2,348 94 77.3 689 84 22.7 0 10 0.0 0 0.0 

Texas 254 17,322 189 12,806 188 73.9 4,516 188 26.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Utah 29 805 29 322 29 40.0 419 29 52.0 64 7 8.0 0 0.0 

Vermont 233 391 189 190 147 48.6 219 151 56.0 9 5 2.3 (27) (6.9)

Virginia 134 3,708 134 1,766 134 47.6 **   **  ** ** 1,942 52.4 

Washington 39 20,750 39 12,862 35 62.0 3,050 35 14.7 58 5 0.3 4,780 23.0 

West Virginia 55 486 27 299 26 61.5 64 26 13.2 0 0.0 123 25.3 

Wisconsin 72 1,353 72 734 72 54.2 558 72 41.2 61 72 4.5 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 424 23 313 23 73.8 111 23 26.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 38 1 38 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 46 1 33 1 71.7 13 1 28.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 197,390 4,375 100,557 4,185 50.9 76,338 3,947 38.7 5,053 1,147 2.0 16,475 8.3 

States Included 53 50 49 29 17 

Question B8 B9a B9b B9c calc

**Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia’s data are included in full in the dataset available at www.eac.gov. 
3 6 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Table 14. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Voter

Questions B8 and B9. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B8

California One county indicated that B8a includes 13 returned SD1 FWABs. Another county indicated that B8 does not include its stateside military returned ballots because it currently has no method of 

tracking them separately from its Permanent Vote by Mail Voters. 

Florida One county indicated that all six FWABs were rejected and not counted; the county provided explanations in response to B14d through B14f. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B8 represents accepted ballots only.

Oklahoma In Oklahoma, B8a Total includes SWABs.

South Carolina In South Carolina, B3 includes all ballots returned. B14a shows ballots rejected for missing the deadline. B3 minus B14a is the maximum number that could have been counted; this is represented 

in B8a. No data are available for UOCAVA ballots that were submitted on time but could have been challenged (provisional). Provisional data are collected, but provisional data do not differentiate 

between UOCAVA and non-UOCAVA. 

South Dakota One county indicated that there were only 2 UOCAVA voters stateside in the county.

Question B9

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B9 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does not have 

a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all UOCAVA in 

the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to keep the ballots in balance. Another county indicated that ballots in B9c were sent 

by mail but returned via postal mail or fax.

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballots ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only.

New Jersey In New Jersey, the B9 categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians. 

Vermont The City of Burlington, Vermont indicated that it does not record spoiled/counted ballots by voter; responses for Burlington do not include ballots returned but spoiled at the polling place.

Virginia **Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia's data are included in full in the data available at www.eac.gov.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B9c and B11c responses include both military and overseas FWABs.
3 7 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 15. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, All Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Counted

UOCAVA Ballots Counted, by Type of Ballot, for All Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 1,058 65 880 52 83.2 71 19 6.7 44 11 4.2 63 6.0 

Alaska 1 4,867 1 4,806 1 98.7 61 1 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 2,593 15 1,707 11 65.8 4 1 0.2 7 1 0.3 875 33.7 

Arkansas 75 569 74 236 35 41.5 22 16 3.9 5 11 0.9 306 53.8 

California 58 24,082 57 16,354 47 67.9 167 33 0.7 60 16 0.2 7,501 31.1 

Colorado 64 4,378 64 2,285 57 52.2 50 53 1.1 49 53 1.1 1,994 45.5 

Connecticut 169 690 169 690 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 577 3 552 3 95.7 25 3 4.3 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 286 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 286 100.0 

Florida 67 29,220 67 27,901 65 95.5 295 65 1.0 0 65 0.0 1,024 3.5 

Georgia 159 4,008 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,008 100.0 

Hawaii 4 371 5 10 1 2.7 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 361 97.3 

Idaho 44 937 44 937 44 100.0 0 44 0.0 0 44 0.0 0 0.0 

Illinois 110 6,807 110 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6,807 100.0 

Indiana 92 1,440 92 1,440 92 100.0 158 41 11.0 0 0.0 (158) (11.0)

Iowa 99 1,392 99 0 0.0 173 99 12.4 5 99 0.4 1,214 87.2 

Kansas 105 1,348 105 1,298 105 96.3 50 105 3.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 1,056 120 999 120 94.6 55 120 5.2 0 120 0.0 2 0.2 

Louisiana 64 1,946 64 1,924 64 98.9 22 64 1.1 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 626 505 620 505 99.0 6 505 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 3,136 24 2,613 24 83.3 523 20 16.7 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 1,906 237 1,857 208 97.4 74 29 3.9 9 1 0.5 (34) (1.8)

Michigan 83 2,934 83 2,800 83 95.4 134 83 4.6 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 1,969 87 1,895 87 96.2 74 87 3.8 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 616 68 263 40 42.7 2 13 0.3 0 11 0.0 351 57.0 

Missouri 116 3,200 115 2,323 81 72.6 34 41 1.1 5 28 0.2 838 26.2 

Montana 56 1,477 56 1,427 56 96.6 50 56 3.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 570 62 560 57 98.2 10 3 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 1,616 17 1,177 12 72.8 71 7 4.4 335 4 20.7 33 2.0 

New Hampshire 323 1,184 323 1,098 323 92.7 86 323 7.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 2,792 21 2,792 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 602 30 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 602 100.0 

New York 62 16,475 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16,475 100.0 

North Carolina 100 2,669 100 2,540 100 95.2 129 100 4.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 180 53 174 53 96.7 4 53 2.2 0 53 0.0 2 1.1 

Ohio 88 3,619 88 3,321 88 91.8 59 88 1.6 2 88 0.1 237 6.5 
3 8 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Counted

UOCAVA Ballots Counted, by Type of Ballot, for All Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 1,325 77 1,254 77 94.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 71 5.4 

Oregon 36 4,444 36 4,401 36 99.0 43 36 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 7,956 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7,956 100.0 

Rhode Island 39 302 39 300 39 99.3 2 39 0.7 0 39 0.0 0 0.0

South Carolina 46 1,251 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,251 100.0 

South Dakota 66 556 66 486 66 87.4 41 66 7.4 3 66 0.5 26 4.7 

Tennessee 95 3,037 95 3,011 90 99.1 11 51 0.4 2 15 0.1 13 0.4 

Texas 254 17,322 189 17,123 188 98.9 199 186 1.1 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Utah 29 805 29 805 29 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Vermont 233 391 189 298 86 76.2 3 40 0.8 0 33 0.0 90 23.0 

Virginia 134 3,708 134 1,704 134 46.0 79 134 2.1 1,925 134 51.9 0 0.0 

Washington 39 20,750 39 14,682 30 70.8 53 20 0.3 814 12 3.9 5,201 25.1 

West Virginia 55 486 27 168 16 34.6 87 8 17.9 0 3 0.0 231 47.5 

Wisconsin 72 1,353 72 1,292 72 95.5 61 72 4.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 424 23 424 23 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 38 1 38 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 46 1 46 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 197,390 4,375 133,511 3,492 67.6 2,988 2,726 1.5 3,265 1,171 1.7 57,626 29.2 

States Included 53 45 40 30 29 

Question B8 B10a+b+c B11a+b+c B12a+b+c calc
3 9 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 16. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots Counted from These 

Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Counted, by Type of Ballot, for Uniformed Services Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 858 64 689 52 80.3 47 19 5.5 33 10 3.8 89 10.4 

Alaska 1 4,121 1 4,068 1 98.7 53 1 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 1,402 14 1,024 11 73.0 1 1 0.1 6 1 0.4 371 26.5 

Arkansas 75 269 69 164 35 61.0 17 16 6.3 1 9 0.4 87 32.3 

California 58 5,977 54 5,473 47 91.6 63 32 1.1 4 16 0.1 437 7.3 

Colorado 64 1,065 64 571 57 53.6 11 53 1.0 3 53 0.3 480 45.1 

Connecticut 169 249 169 249 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 221 3 206 3 93.2 15 3 6.8 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 27 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 100.0 

Florida 67 20,665 66 19,960 65 96.6 193 65 0.9 0 65 0.0 512 2.5 

Georgia 159 2,230 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2,230 100.0 

Hawaii 4 168 5 5 1 3.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 163 97.0 

Idaho 44 695 44 695 44 100.0 0 44 0.0 0 44 0.0 0 0.0 

Illinois 110 2,403 94 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2,403 100.0 

Indiana 92 861 92 861 92 100.0 142 41 16.5 0 0.0 (142) (16.5)

Iowa 99 0 0 ... 116 99 ... 3 99 ... (119) ...

Kansas 105 725 105 695 105 95.9 30 105 4.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 596 120 561 120 94.1 34 120 5.7 0 120 0.0 1 0.2 

Louisiana 64 1,364 64 1,347 64 98.8 17 64 1.2 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 245 505 243 505 99.2 2 505 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 649 24 649 24 100.0 0 0.0 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 439 351 418 159 95.2 21 19 4.8 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Michigan 83 1,768 83 1,678 83 94.9 90 83 5.1 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 691 87 666 87 96.4 25 87 3.6 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 464 58 232 40 50.0 1 13 0.2 0 10 0.0 231 49.8 

Missouri 116 2,042 114 1,364 81 66.8 24 41 1.2 5 28 0.2 649 31.8 

Montana 56 1,089 56 1,044 56 95.9 45 56 4.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 388 57 385 57 99.2 3 3 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 1,116 17 891 12 79.8 39 7 3.5 160 4 14.3 26 2.3 

New Hampshire 323 571 323 539 323 94.4 32 323 5.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 692 21 692 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 0 3 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

New York 62 3,481 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,481 100.0 

North Carolina 100 1,463 100 1,382 100 94.5 81 100 5.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 132 53 127 53 96.2 4 53 3.0 0 53 0.0 1 0.8 

Ohio 88 1,989 88 1,805 88 90.7 36 88 1.8 1 88 0.1 147 7.4 
4 0 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

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UOCAVA Ballots Counted, by Type of Ballot, for Uniformed Services Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 776 77 776 77 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Oregon 36 2,184 36 2,184 36 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 4,230 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,230 100.0 

Rhode Island 39 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Dakota 66 541 65 428 65 79.1 39 66 7.2 1 66 0.2 73 13.5 

Tennessee 95 2,348 94 2,323 90 98.9 9 51 0.4 2 15 0.1 14 0.6 

Texas 254 12,806 188 12,621 188 98.6 164 186 1.3 0 1 0.0 21 0.2 

Utah 29 322 29 322 29 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Vermont 233 190 147 143 83 75.3 1 40 0.5 0 33 0.0 46 24.2 

Virginia 134 1,766 134 897 134 50.8 41 134 2.3 790 134 44.7 38 2.2 

Washington 39 12,862 35 11,983 30 93.2 51 20 0.4 528 12 4.1 300 2.3 

West Virginia 55 299 26 140 16 46.8 67 8 22.4 0 3 0.0 92 30.8 

Wisconsin 72 734 72 734 72 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 313 23 313 23 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 38 1 38 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 33 1 33 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 100,557 4,185 81,618 3,400 81.2 1,514 2,548 1.5 1,537 1,128 1.5 15,888 15.8 

States Included 50 44 36 29 27 

Question B9a B10a B11a B12a calc
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2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots Counted from These 

Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Counted, by Type of Ballot, for Non-military/Civilian Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 194 38 156 32 80.4 23 16 11.9 11 11 5.7 4 2.1 

Alaska 1 746 1 738 1 98.9 8 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 1,191 14 683 11 57.3 3 1 0.3 1 1 0.1 504 42.3 

Arkansas 75 138 65 72 30 52.2 5 12 3.6 3 11 2.2 58 42.0 

California 58 12,433 54 10,463 47 84.2 80 33 0.6 7 16 0.1 1,883 15.1 

Colorado 64 3,292 64 1,714 56 52.1 39 53 1.2 46 53 1.4 1,493 45.4 

Connecticut 169 441 169 441 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 356 3 346 3 97.2 10 3 2.8 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 259 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 259 100.0 

Florida 67 8,555 67 7,941 65 92.8 102 65 1.2 0 65 0.0 512 6.0 

Georgia 159 1,778 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,778 100.0 

Hawaii 4 123 4 5 1 4.1 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 118 95.9 

Idaho 44 242 44 242 44 100.0 0 44 0.0 0 44 0.0 0 0.0 

Illinois 110 1,613 82 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,613 100.0 

Indiana 92 579 92 579 92 100.0 15 41 2.6 0 0.0 (15) (2.6)

Iowa 99 0 0 ... 57 99 ... 2 99 ... (59) ...

Kansas 105 623 105 603 105 96.8 20 105 3.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 460 120 438 120 95.2 21 120 4.6 0 120 0.0 1 0.2 

Louisiana 64 582 64 577 64 99.1 5 64 0.9 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 381 505 377 505 99.0 4 505 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 1,964 24 1,964 24 100.0 0 0.0 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 1,492 351 1,439 208 96.4 53 29 3.6 9 1 0.6 (9) (0.6)

Michigan 83 1,166 83 1,122 83 96.2 44 83 3.8 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 1,278 87 1,229 87 96.2 49 87 3.8 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 75 45 31 28 41.3 1 13 1.3 0 11 0.0 43 57.3 

Missouri 116 1,149 98 959 70 83.5 3 36 0.3 0 26 0.0 187 16.3 

Montana 56 388 56 383 56 98.7 5 56 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 182 33 175 33 96.2 7 3 3.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 500 14 286 10 57.2 32 6 6.4 175 3 35.0 7 1.4 

New Hampshire 323 613 323 559 323 91.2 54 323 8.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 1,538 21 1,538 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 0 3 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

New York 62 12,994 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 12,994 100.0 

North Carolina 100 1,206 100 1,158 100 96.0 48 100 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 48 53 47 53 97.9 0 52 0.0 0 53 0.0 1 2.1 

Ohio 88 1,626 88 1,516 88 93.2 19 88 1.2 1 88 0.1 90 5.5 
42 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

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UOCAVA Ballots Counted, by Type of Ballot, for Non-military/Civilian Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 478 77 478 77 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Oregon 36 2,217 36 2,217 36 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 3,726 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,726 100.0 

Rhode Island 39 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Dakota 66 73 65 58 65 79.5 1 65 1.4 2 66 2.7 12 16.4 

Tennessee 95 689 84 688 78 99.9 0 47 0.0 0 13 0.0 1 0.1 

Texas 254 4,516 188 4,502 188 99.7 35 186 0.8 0 1 0.0 (21) (0.5)

Utah 29 419 29 419 29 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Vermont 233 219 151 155 86 70.8 2 38 0.9 0 31 0.0 62 28.3 

Virginia 134   677 134 5.2 30 134 0.2 695 134 5.4 11,524 89.2 

Washington 39 3,050 35 2,699 29 88.5 2 11 0.1 228 11 7.5 121 4.0 

West Virginia 55 64 26 28 16 43.8 20 8 31.3 0 3 0.0 16 25.0 

Wisconsin 72 558 72 558 72 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 111 23 111 23 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 0 1 0 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 ...

Guam 1 13 1 13 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 76,338 3,947 50,384 3,364 56.4 797 2,529 0.9 1,180 1,124 1.3 36,903 41.3 

States Included 49 44 36 29 28 

Question B9b B10b B11b B12b calc

** Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia’s data are included in full in the dataset available at www.eac.gov. 
4 3 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Tables 15, 16 and 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B8, B9, B10, B11, and B12. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of ballot and type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B8

California One county indicated that B8a includes 13 returned SD1 FWABs. Another county indicated that B8 does not include its stateside military returned ballots because it currently has no method of 

tracking them separately from its Permanent Vote by Mail Voters. 

Florida One county indicated that all six FWABs were rejected and not counted; the county provided explanations in response to B14d through B14f. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B8 represents accepted ballots only.

Oklahoma In Oklahoma, B8a Total includes SWABs.

South Carolina In South Carolina, B3 includes all ballots returned. B14a shows ballots rejected for missing deadline. B3 minus B14a is the maximum number that could have been counted; this is represented in 

B8a. No data are available for UOCAVA ballots that were submitted on time but could have been challenged (provisional). Provisional data are collected, but provisional data do not differentiate 

between UOCAVA and non-UOCAVA. 

South Dakota One county indicated that there were only 2 UOCAVA voters stateside in the county.

Question B9

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B9 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does 

not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all 

UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to keep the ballots in balance. Another county indicated that ballots in B9c 

were sent by mail but returned via postal mail or fax.

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballot ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only.

New Jersey In New Jersey, the B9 categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians. 

Vermont The City of Burlington, Vermont indicated that it does not record spoiled/counted ballots by voter; responses for Burlington do not include ballots returned but spoiled at the polling place.

Virginia **Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia's data are included in full in the data available at www.eac.gov.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B9c and B11c responses include both military and overseas FWABs.
4 4 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Tables 15, 16 and 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B8, B9, B10, B11, and B12. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of ballot and type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B10

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B10 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does 

not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all 

UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to keep the ballots in balance. One county indicated that its FWAB totals 

are included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B10.

Colorado One county indicated that it did not track ballots in the requested manner. Another county noted that the accepted/rejected FWABs were not tracked separately and that these numbers are 

included in the absentee counts.

Question B11

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B11 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that there 

were 13 returned SD1 FWABs. One county indicated that it does not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas 

citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to 

keep the ballots in balance. One county indicated that its FWAB totals are included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B10.

Colorado One county reported that because write-in ballots were duplicated, they are also counted in the UOCAVA absentee numbers. 

Maryland Maryland was unable to breakout FWABs into uniformed services voters and civilian, overseas voters.

Ohio One county indicated that FWAB voters are not identified as military or civilian.

Oregon Oregon did not track whether FWAB ballots were from Uniformed Service or Overseas voters.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B9c and B11c responses include both military and overseas FWABs.
4 5 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Tables 15, 16 and 17. UOCAVA Ballots Counted: Type of Ballot for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B8, B9, B10, B11, and B12. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of ballot and type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B12

Arkansas One county indicated that B12 represents E-ballots and another that it represents an e-mail ballot. Searcy County indicated that B12 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter. One county indicated that B12b represents a Special Write-in Ballot and another indicated that B12a 

represents a Special Write-in Ballot. 

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. One county indicated that 

B12 represents ballots returned by fax/email. Los Angeles County indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" 

without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that B12 segregates out FWABs and Regular UOCAVA absentee ballots that were returned by fax. One county indicated that it does 

not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all 

UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to keep the ballots in balance. One county indicated that its FWAB totals 

are included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B10.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive any other type of ballots outside of the UOCAVA and Regular Absentee Ballots.

Massachusetts One county indicated that B12 represents electronically transmitted ballots.

Minnesota Minnesota does not have any other type of ballot.

South Dakota One county indicated that B12 represents electronic (Internet) ballots.
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2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as % of Cast, by Type of Voter

State

Election

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All UOCAVA Ballots Uniformed Services Voters Non-military/Civilian Voters

Ballots 

Cast

Ballots 

Counted Counted 

% Cast

Not 

Counted

Ballots 

Cast

Ballots 

Counted Counted 

% Cast

Not 

Counted

Ballots 

Cast

Ballots 

Counted Counted 

% Cast

Not 

Total Cases Total Cases Total Cases Total Cases Total Cases Total Cases Counted

Alabama 67 1,125 65 1,058 65 94.0 67 1,033 65 858 64 83.1 175 228 40 194 38 85.1 34 

Alaska 1 5,083 1 4,867 1 95.8 216 4,294 1 4,121 1 96.0 173 789 1 746 1 94.6 43 

Arizona 15 2,643 15 2,593 15 98.1 50 1,422 15 1,402 14 98.6 20 1,221 14 1,191 14 97.5 30 

Arkansas 75 596 75 569 74 95.5 27 284 70 269 69 94.7 15 146 68 138 65 94.5 8 

California 58 25,208 57 24,082 57 95.5 1,126 6,385 54 5,977 54 93.6 408 12,867 54 12,433 54 96.6 434 

Colorado 64 4,548 64 4,378 64 96.3 170 1,161 64 1,065 64 91.7 96 3,377 64 3,292 64 97.5 85 

Connecticut 169 690 169 690 169 100.0 0 249 169 249 169 100.0 0 441 169 441 169 100.0 0 

Delaware 3 603 3 577 3 95.7 26 234 3 221 3 94.4 13 369 3 356 3 96.5 13 

District of Columbia 1 321 1 286 1 89.1 35 32 1 27 1 84.4 5 289 1 259 1 89.6 30 

Florida 67 30,459 67 29,220 67 95.9 1,239 21,753 67 20,665 66 95.0 1,088 8,706 67 8,555 67 98.3 151 

Georgia 159 4,031 159 4,008 159 99.4 23 2,238 159 2,230 159 99.6 8 1,793 159 1,778 159 99.2 15 

Hawaii 4 371 5 371 5 100.0 0 168 5 168 5 100.0 0 123 4 123 4 100.0 0 

Idaho 44 1,184 44 937 44 79.1 247 790 44 695 44 88.0 95 257 44 242 44 94.2 15 

Illinois 110 7,140 110 6,807 110 95.3 333 2,511 94 2,403 94 95.7 108 1,646 83 1,613 82 98.0 33 

Indiana 92 1,878 92 1,440 92 76.7 438 1,037 92 861 92 83.0 176 841 92 579 92 68.8 262 

Iowa 99 1,446 99 1,392 99 96.3 54 0 0 ... 0 0 0 ... 0 

Kansas 105 1,398 105 1,348 105 96.4 50 756 105 725 105 95.9 31 639 105 623 105 97.5 16 

Kentucky 120 1,101 120 1,056 120 95.9 45 623 120 596 120 95.7 27 478 120 460 120 96.2 18 

Louisiana 64 2,165 64 1,946 64 89.9 219 1,524 64 1,364 64 89.5 160 641 64 582 64 90.8 59 

Maine 505 659 505 626 505 95.0 33 254 505 245 505 96.5 9 405 505 381 505 94.1 24 

Maryland 24 3,713 24 3,136 24 84.5 577 683 24 649 24 95.0 34 2,028 24 1,964 24 96.8 64 

Massachusetts 351 1,975 351 1,906 237 96.5 69 439 351 439 351 100.0 0 1,517 351 1,492 351 98.4 25 

Michigan 83 3,219 83 2,934 83 91.1 285 1,963 83 1,768 83 90.1 195 1,256 83 1,166 83 92.8 90 

Minnesota 87 2,125 87 1,969 87 92.7 156 731 87 691 87 94.5 40 1,394 87 1,278 87 91.7 116 

Mississippi 82 629 68 616 68 97.9 13 528 61 464 58 87.9 64 79 44 75 45 94.9 4 

Missouri 116 3,403 115 3,200 115 94.0 203 2,159 114 2,042 114 94.6 117 1,230 97 1,149 98 93.4 81 

Montana 56 1,535 56 1,477 56 96.2 58 1,135 56 1,089 56 95.9 46 400 56 388 56 97.0 12 

Nebraska 93 645 61 570 62 88.4 75 429 58 388 57 90.4 41 217 34 182 33 83.9 35 

Nevada 17 1,638 17 1,616 17 98.7 22 1,126 16 1,116 17 99.1 10 504 15 500 14 99.2 4 

New Hampshire 323 1,237 323 1,184 323 95.7 53 594 323 571 323 96.1 23 643 323 613 323 95.3 30 

New Jersey 21 2,933 21 2,792 21 95.2 141 730 21 692 21 94.8 38 1,612 21 1,538 21 95.4 74 

New Mexico 33 603 26 602 30 99.8 1 0 4 0 3 ... 0 0 4 0 3 ... 0 

New York 62 22,303 62 16,475 62 73.9 5,828 5,270 62 3,481 62 66.1 1,789 16,820 62 12,994 62 77.3 3,826 

North Carolina 100 2,913 100 2,669 100 91.6 244 1,617 100 1,463 100 90.5 154 1,296 100 1,206 100 93.1 90 

North Dakota 53 183 53 180 53 98.4 3 133 53 132 53 99.2 1 48 53 48 53 100.0 0 

Ohio 88 3,869 88 3,619 88 93.5 250 2,130 88 1,989 88 93.4 141 1,719 88 1,626 88 94.6 93 
47 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

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Ballots 

Cast

Ballots 

Counted Counted 

% Cast

Not 

Counted

Ballots 

Cast

Ballots 

Counted Counted 

% Cast

Not 

Counted

Ballots 

Cast

Ballots 

Counted Counted 

% Cast

Not 

Total Cases Total Cases Total Cases Total Cases Total Cases Total Cases Counted

Oklahoma 77 1,432 77 1,325 77 92.5 107 868 77 776 77 89.4 92 494 77 478 77 96.8 16 

Oregon 36 4,813 36 4,444 36 92.3 369 2,247 36 2,184 36 97.2 63 2,523 36 2,217 36 87.9 306 

Pennsylvania 67 8,125 67 7,956 67 97.9 169 4,319 67 4,230 67 97.9 89 3,806 67 3,726 67 97.9 80

Rhode Island 39 302 39 302 39 100.0 0 0 0 ... 0 0 0 ... 0

South Carolina 46 1,277 46 1,251 46 98.0 26 874 46 0 0.0 874 403 46 0 0.0 403 

South Dakota 66 617 56 556 66 90.1 61 538 66 541 65 100.6 (3) 93 65 73 65 78.5 20 

Tennessee 95 3,117 94 3,037 95 97.4 80 2,385 94 2,348 94 98.4 37 713 85 689 84 96.6 24 

Texas 254 17,863 254 17,322 189 97.0 541 13,218 188 12,806 188 96.9 412 4,646 188 4,516 188 97.2 130 

Utah 29 823 29 805 29 97.8 18 326 29 322 29 98.8 4 463 29 419 29 90.5 44 

Vermont 233 495 188 391 189 79.0 104 205 150 190 147 92.7 15 284 155 219 151 77.1 65 

Virginia 134 3,737 134 3,708 134 99.2 29 1,785 134 1,766 134 98.9 19 1,470 134   **  1,470 

Washington 39 20,929 37 20,750 39 99.1 179 13,065 35 12,862 35 98.4 203 3,155 35 3,050 35 96.7 105 

West Virginia 55 510 27 486 27 95.3 24 307 26 299 26 97.4 8 65 26 64 26 98.5 1 

Wisconsin 72 1,573 72 1,353 72 86.0 220 793 72 734 72 92.6 59 669 72 558 72 83.4 111 

Wyoming 23 472 23 424 23 89.8 48 350 23 313 23 89.4 37 122 23 111 23 91.0 11 

American Samoa 1 46 1 38 1 82.6 8 46 1 38 1 82.6 8 0 1 0 1 ... 0 

Guam 1 46 1 46 1 100.0 0 33 1 33 1 100.0 0 13 1 13 1 100.0 0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 211,749 4,536 197,390 4,375 93.2 14,359 107,774 4,243 100,557 4,185 93.3 7,217 84,938 4,139 76,338 3,947 89.9 8,600 

States Included 53 53 51 50 51 49 

Question B3 B8 calc calc B4a B9a calc calc B4b B9b calc calc

**Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia’s data are included in full in the dataset available at www.eac.gov. 
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Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as Percentage of Cast, by Type of Voter

Questions B3, B4, B8, B9. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) submitted for counting and counted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B3

Arkansas One jurisdiction reported that “2 were FWAB” and a second reported that “3 were FWAB.” Three counties responded to the data validation check and explained that “Pursuant to the question 

from the AP, the numbers that were reported to the AP were taken from the Power Profile database in December 2010.” This could have been downloaded before the County Clerk entered in all of 

their data therefore causing a discrepancy in numbers. The AP shows that Chicot County counted 147 Absentee ballots. The numbers that are being reported in the EAC Survey for Chicot County 

are 196 (1 UOCAVA, 195 Domestic Civilian). In the second county, the AP shows that Drew County counted 117 Absentee ballots. In the third county, the AP shows that Lawrence County counted 

88 Absentee ballots. The numbers that are being reported in the EAC Survey for Lawrence County are 98 (0 UOCAVA, 98 Domestic Civilian). The numbers that are being reported in the EAC Survey 

for Drew County are 146 (2 FWAB, 144 Domestic Civilian). Clay County indicated that it only had absentee ballots. One county indicated that B3a was the “same as B2.” One county indicated 

that it “received 3 FWAB's” and a second indicated that it “received 1 FWAB.” One county explained that it received 2 FWABs that it did not send out. Another county explained that “According 

to the directions above for B3a, the number requested is the total number of ballots submitted for counting (this number includes both that were later counted, and those that were rejected). 

A breakdown of these ballots are as follows: 4(B1a) ballots were transmitted, 4 (B3a) ballots were returned by voters and submitted for counting, 3 ballots were counted, 1 (B13a) ballot was 

rejected.” One jurisdiction reported that “one voter returned ballot from the Internet that he had printed off. Ballot was counted.” Finally, one county indicated that it received 4 UOCABA ballots 

that were transmitted and 2 FWAB Ballots.

Arizona Maricopa County had FWABs returned; however none were submitted for counting because the voters submitted regular absentee ballots.

California One county indicated that its system would not give a separate total for these ballots. A second county indicated that No FWAB ballots were received. A third county indicated that “B3a: 13 - 

Returned SD1 FWABs.” 

Colorado In Colorado, a UOCAVA may submit a FWAB or SWAB as a safeguard. The State absentee will be counted if it is received by the deadline, otherwise the FWAB or SWAB will be counted. In 

addition, the number returned may differ from the number counted because in Colorado, a UOCAVA may submit a FWAB or SWAB as a safeguard. The State absentee will be counted if it is 

received by the deadline, otherwise the FWAB or SWAB will be counted.

Florida One county indicated that B3a includes 2 absentee ballot rejects that were not captured in our voter registration database (VR); this is why B3a is different from B2a. Where possible data included 

in this survey reflects actual or true number of physical items or occurrences and not simply transactions automatically recorded by our software. The county is highly confident in the numbers 

provided. Another county indicated that B3a includes 1 FWAB (submitted by voter but not transmitted to voter). A third county indicated that 6 FWABs were received. 

Missouri Christian County reported that it counted the e-mailed ballots in with this total. A second county indicated that the B2a total is off by 2 voters because the ballots should be counted as FWAB. 

Laclede County reported that it did not have any FWABs. 

Mississippi One jurisdiction indicated that no Federal Write-In Ballots were transmitted for the 2010 General Election. Another county reported that when trying to “pull out of county it is only pulling two 

people without county marked.” 

New Jersey In New Jersey B3 is Received + Accepted + Rejected ballots

New Mexico In New Mexico, B3 includes absentee ballots received that were not counted in the general election for reasons other than late receipt.

Nevada One county indicated that B3 includes 5 FWABs.

Ohio One jurisdiction explained that some FWABs were received, but the actual ballot was returned in time and was counted in the place of the FWAB. A second jurisdiction indicated that 8 Ballots 

were FWABs and 2 of the 8 ballots met the criteria to be counted and a third specified that B3 includes 5 regular ballots and 1 federal. Another jurisdiction indicated that other ballots came back 

as undeliverable. 

Oklahoma One county indicated that the only ballot returned in the county was a FWAB and it was counted.

South Dakota One county specified that 1 was counted, 5 arrived too late, and 1 never requested a ballot. A second indicated that there were 2 total votes. A third county explained that 123 + 8 (FWAB) = 131. 

Vermont One county explained that none were transmitted. 
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Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as Percentage of Cast, by Type of Voter

Questions B3, B4, B8, B9. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) submitted for counting and counted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B4

Arkansas One county indicated that the “Voter Registration Rep, System” had been purged and the information was not retrievable to verify on 1/25/11. A second county indicated that this information was 

not applicable. 

Arizona Three counties indicated that they could not determine type of UOCAVA ballot by type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data. Its answers in B4-7a and B4-7b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that most UOCAVA voters on the Los Angeles County file are categorized as FPCA Voters, without military/civilian distinction and that it does not keep separate counts of FWABs. One 

county indicated that it does not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. Another 

county indicated that it tracks all UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWAB because it remakes the FWAB into a regular ballot; this keeps the ballots in balance. One 

county indicated that 2 FWAB voter registrations and ballots were received after the election. They are not part of any of these totals. Sierra County indicated that it is an all mail county.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive any other type of ballots outside of the UOCAVA and Regular Absentee Ballots.

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballot ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only

Idaho A number of counties indicated that they do not track rejected UOCAVA Absentee Ballots by UOCAVA Type.

Kansas Leavenworth County rejected three UOCAVA ballots that were returned for the 2010 General Election. These ballots were sealed before they were identified as from overseas or domestic military 

members, or from overseas civilians. The county previously reported all of Leavenworth’s UOCAVA ballot information in B4c since the type of voter was unknown for three ballots. The totals were 

consistent with all other information provided on the survey, including B9 and B15 totals. However, the State changed Leavenworth County’s information in B4a, b, and c to reflect 47 UOCAVA 

ballots that were verifiably received from military voters, 9 UOCAVA ballots that were received from overseas civilians, and 3 ballots for which the type of voter is unknown. The clarification of 56 

of the 59 ballots fixes the previous imbalance between UOCAVA military ballots returned, and UOCAVA military ballots counted as shown in B4a and B9a.

Mississippi Webster County indicated that it is all email.

New Jersey In New Jersey, for B4 the categorization is (same as B1) based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians. Only Received 

+ Accepted + Rejected.

New Mexico All UOCAVA voters are canvassed in the absentee component for New Mexico.

South Dakota Deuel County indicated that it is electronic (internet). 

Tennessee Lake County indicated that no ballots were returned.

Vermont One county indicated that it received 1 nonmilitary/civilian overseas ballot on November 4, 2010 which was too late to be submitted and too late to be counted.

Washington One county indicated that it has vote by mail ballots.
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Table 18. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted as Percentage of Cast, by Type of Voter

Questions B3, B4, B8, B9. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) submitted for counting and counted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B8

California One county indicated that B8a includes 13 returned SD1 FWABs. Another county indicated that B8 does not include its stateside military returned ballots because it currently has no method of 

tracking them separately from its Permanent Vote by Mail Voters. 

Florida One county indicated that all six FWABs were rejected and not counted; the county provided explanations in response to B14d through B14f. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B8 represents accepted ballots only.

Oklahoma In Oklahoma, B8a Total includes SWABs.

South Carolina In South Carolina, B3 includes all ballots returned. B14a shows ballots rejected for missing deadline. B3 minus B14a is the maximum number that could have been counted. This is represented in 

B8a. No data are available for UOCAVA ballots that were submitted on time but could have been challenged (provisional). Provisional data are collected, but provisional data do not differentiate 

between UOCAVA and non-UOCAVA. 

South Dakota One county indicated that there were only 2 UOCAVA voters stateside in the county.

Question B9

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B9 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does 

not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all 

UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to keep the ballots in balance. Another county indicated that ballots in B9c 

were sent by mail but returned via postal mail or fax.

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballot ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only.

New Jersey In New Jersey, the B9 categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians. 

Vermont The City of Burlington, Vermont indicated that it does not record spoiled/counted ballots by voter; responses for Burlington do not include ballots returned but spoiled at the polling place.

Virginia **Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia's data are included in full in the data available at www.eac.gov.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B9c and B11c responses include both military and overseas FWABs.
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2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

All UOCAVA Ballots Absentees FWAB Other Ballots Balance

Ballots Counted Ballots Counted % All Ballots Counted % All Ballots Counted % All Ballots Counted % All

Total Cases Total Cases

UOCAVA

Counted Total Cases

UOCAVA

Counted Total Cases

UOCAVA

Counted Total

UOCAVA

Counted

Alabama 67 1,058 65 880 52 83.2 71 16 6.7 44 11 4.2 63 6.0 

Alaska 1 4,867 1 4,806 1 98.7 61 1 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 2,593 15 1,707 11 65.8 4 1 0.2 7 1 0.3 875 33.7 

Arkansas 75 569 74 236 35 41.5 22 12 3.9 5 11 0.9 306 53.8 

California 58 24,082 57 16,354 47 67.9 167 33 0.7 60 16 0.2 7,501 31.1 

Colorado 64 4,378 64 2,285 57 52.2 50 53 1.1 49 53 1.1 1,994 45.5 

Connecticut 169 690 169 690 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 577 3 552 3 95.7 25 3 4.3 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 286 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 286 100.0 

Florida 67 29,220 67 27,901 65 95.5 295 65 1.0 0 65 0.0 1,024 3.5 

Georgia 159 4,008 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,008 100.0 

Hawaii 4 371 5 10 1 2.7 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 361 97.3 

Idaho 44 937 44 937 44 100.0 0 44 0.0 0 44 0.0 0 0.0 

Illinois 110 6,807 110 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6,807 100.0 

Indiana 92 1,440 92 1,440 92 100.0 158 41 11.0 0 0.0 (158) (11.0)

Iowa 99 1,392 99 0 0.0 173 99 12.4 5 99 0.4 1,214 87.2 

Kansas 105 1,348 105 1,298 105 96.3 50 105 3.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 1,056 120 999 120 94.6 55 120 5.2 0 120 0.0 2 0.2 

Louisiana 64 1,946 64 1,924 64 98.9 22 64 1.1 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 626 505 620 505 99.0 6 505 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 3,136 24 2,613 24 83.3 523 24 16.7 0 24 0.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 1,906 237 1,857 208 97.4 74 29 3.9 9 1 0.5 (34) (1.8)

Michigan 83 2,934 83 2,800 83 95.4 134 83 4.6 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 1,969 87 1,895 87 96.2 74 87 3.8 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 616 68 263 40 42.7 2 13 0.3 0 11 0.0 351 57.0 

Missouri 116 3,200 115 2,323 81 72.6 34 36 1.1 5 26 0.2 838 26.2 

Montana 56 1,477 56 1,427 56 96.6 50 56 3.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 570 62 560 57 98.2 10 3 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 1,616 17 1,177 12 72.8 71 6 4.4 335 3 20.7 33 2.0 

New Hampshire 323 1,184 323 1,098 323 92.7 86 323 7.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 2,792 21 2,792 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 602 30 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 602 100.0 

New York 62 16,475 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16,475 100.0 

North Carolina 100 2,669 100 2,540 100 95.2 129 100 4.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 180 53 174 53 96.7 4 53 2.2 0 53 0.0 2 1.1 

Ohio 88 3,619 88 3,321 88 91.8 59 88 1.6 2 88 0.1 237 6.5 
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State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

All UOCAVA Ballots Absentees FWAB Other Ballots Balance

Ballots Counted Ballots Counted % All Ballots Counted % All Ballots Counted % All Ballots Counted % All

Total Cases Total Cases

UOCAVA

Counted Total Cases

UOCAVA

Counted Total Cases

UOCAVA

Counted Total

UOCAVA

Counted

Oklahoma 77 1,325 77 1,254 77 94.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 71 5.4 

Oregon 36 4,444 36 4,401 36 99.0 43 36 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 7,956 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7,956 100.0 

Rhode Island 39 302 39 300 39 99.3 2 39 0.7 0 39 0.0 0 0.0

South Carolina 46 1,251 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,251 100.0 

South Dakota 66 556 66 486 66 87.4 41 66 7.4 3 66 0.5 26 4.7 

Tennessee 95 3,037 95 3,011 90 99.1 11 47 0.4 2 13 0.1 13 0.4 

Texas 254 17,322 189 17,123 188 98.9 199 186 1.1 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Utah 29 805 29 805 29 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Vermont 233 391 189 298 86 76.2 3 38 0.8 0 31 0.0 90 23.0 

Virginia 134 3,708 134 1,704 134 46.0 79 134 2.1 1,925 134 51.9 0 0.0 

Washington 39 20,750 39 14,682 30 70.8 53 12 0.3 814 11 3.9 5,201 25.1 

West Virginia 55 486 27 168 16 34.6 87 8 17.9 0 3 0.0 231 47.5 

Wisconsin 72 1,353 72 1,292 72 95.5 61 72 4.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 424 23 424 23 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 38 1 38 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 46 1 46 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 197,390 4,375 133,511 3,492 67.6 2,988 2,703 1.5 3,265 1,163 1.7 57,626 29.2 

States Included 53 45 40 30 29 

Question B8 B10a+b+c calc B11a+b+c calc B12a+b+c calc calc calc
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Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot

Questions B8, B10, B11, and B12. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B8

California One county indicated that B8a includes 13 returned SD1 FWABs. Another county indicated that B8 does not include its stateside military returned ballots because it currently has no method of 

tracking them separately from its Permanent Vote by Mail Voters. 

Florida One county indicated that all six FWABs were rejected and not counted; the county provided explanations in response to B14d through B14f. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B8 represents accepted ballots only.

Oklahoma In Oklahoma, B8a Total includes SWABs.

South Carolina In South Carolina, B3 includes all ballots returned. B14a shows ballots rejected for missing deadline. B3 minus B14a is the maximum number that could have been counted. This is represented in 

B8a. No data are available for UOCAVA ballots that were submitted on time but could have been challenged (provisional). Provisional data are collected, but provisional data do not differentiate 

between UOCAVA and non-UOCAVA. 

South Dakota One county indicated that there were only 2 UOCAVA voters stateside in the county.

Question B10

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B10 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does 

not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all 

UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to keep the ballots in balance. One county indicated that its FWAB totals 

are included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B10.

Colorado One county indicated that it did not track ballots in the requested manner. Another county noted that the accepted/rejected FWABs were not tracked separately and that these numbers are 

included in the absentee counts.
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Table 19. UOCAVA Ballots: Counted by Type of Ballot

Questions B8, B10, B11, and B12. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) counted by type of ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B11

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B11 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that there 

were 13 returned SD1 FWABs. One county indicated that it does not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas 

citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to 

keep the ballots in balance. One county indicated that its FWAB totals are included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B10.

Colorado One county reported that because write-in ballots were duplicated, they are also counted in the UOCAVA absentee numbers. 

Maryland Maryland was unable to breakout FWABs into uniformed services voters and civilian, overseas voters.

Ohio One county indicated that FWAB voters are not identified as military or civilian.

Oregon Oregon did not track whether FWAB ballots were from Uniformed Service or Overseas voters.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B9c and B11c responses include both military and overseas FWABs.

Question B12

Arkansas One county indicated that B12 represents E-ballots and another that it represents an e-mail ballot. Searcy County indicated that B12 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter. One county indicated that B12b represents a Special Write-in Ballot and another that B12a represents 

a Special Write-in Ballot. 

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. One county indicated that 

B12 represents ballots returned by fax/email. Los Angeles County indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" 

without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that B12 segregates out FWABs and Regular UOCAVA absentee ballots that were returned by fax. One county indicated that it does 

not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all 

UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to keep the ballots in balance. One county indicated that its FWAB totals 

are included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B10.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive any other type of ballots outside of the UOCAVA and Regular Absentee Ballots.

Massachusetts One county indicated that B12 represents electronically transmitted.

Minnesota Minnesota does not have any other type of ballot.

South Dakota One county indicated that B12 represents electronic (Internet) ballots.
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2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 20. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Voter

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected 

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Type of Voter, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Uniformed Services Domestic or Overseas Non-military/Civilian Overseas Other Voter (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 214 64 182 63 85.0 25 48 11.7 1 1 0.5 6 2.8 

Alaska 1 216 1 173 1 80.1 43 1 19.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 94 15 57 9 60.6 37 5 39.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 25 73 5 65 20.0 6 66 24.0 0 51 0.0 14 56.0 

California 58 1,126 57 428 51 38.0 545 51 48.4 56 7 5.0 97 8.6 

Colorado 64 136 64 28 64 20.6 108 64 79.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Connecticut 169 13 169 9 169 69.2 4 169 30.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 26 3 15 3 57.7 11 3 42.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 35 1 5 1 14.3 30 1 85.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Florida 67 1,251 67 1,097 66 87.7 154 66 12.3 0 66 0.0 0 0.0 

Georgia 159 190 159 102 159 53.7 88 159 46.3 0 159 0.0 0 0.0 

Hawaii 4 23 5 18 5 78.3 0 4 0.0 5 3 21.7 0 0.0 

Idaho 44 248 44 95 44 38.3 17 44 6.9 136 11 54.8 0 0.0 

Illinois 110 327 109 108 88 33.0 33 78 10.1 186 75 56.9 0 0.0 

Indiana 92 128 92 91 92 71.1 37 92 28.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Iowa 99 54 99 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 54 100.0 

Kansas 105 50 105 31 104 62.0 16 104 32.0 3 1 6.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 82 120 62 120 75.6 20 120 24.4 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 219 64 160 64 73.1 59 64 26.9 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 33 505 9 505 27.3 24 505 72.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 577 24 34 24 5.9 65 24 11.3 479 24 83.0 (0.2)

Massachusetts 351 113 6 18 5 15.9 95 4 84.1 0 2 0.0 0 0.0 

Michigan 83 285 83 195 83 68.4 90 83 31.6 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 156 87 40 87 25.6 116 87 74.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 15 58 15 37 100.0 2 34 13.3 0 20 0.0 (2) (13.3)

Missouri 116 262 115 144 103 55.0 117 92 44.7 0 3 0.0 1 0.4 

Montana 56 58 56 46 56 79.3 12 56 20.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 75 21 38 19 50.7 37 9 49.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 203 15 181 13 89.2 17 11 8.4 0 4 0.0 5 2.5 

New Hampshire 323 53 323 23 323 43.4 30 323 56.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 133 21 37 21 27.8 68 21 51.1 28 21 21.1 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 11 29 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 11 100.0 

New York 62 5,615 62 1,789 62 31.9 3,826 62 68.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Carolina 100 244 100 154 100 63.1 90 100 36.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 1 53 1 53 100.0 0 53 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 216 88 102 88 47.2 97 88 44.9 17 88 7.9 0 0.0 
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State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected 

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Type of Voter, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Uniformed Services Domestic or Overseas Non-military/Civilian Overseas Other Voter (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 122 77 100 77 82.0 22 77 18.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Oregon 36 370 36 63 36 17.0 307 36 83.0 0 36 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 151 67 78 67 51.7 73 67 48.3 0 67 0.0 0 0.0 

Rhode Island 39 0 39 0 ... 0 ... 0 39 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 26 46 20 46 76.9 6 46 23.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

South Dakota 66 45 65 37 66 82.2 11 66 24.4 14 66 31.1 (17) (37.8)

Tennessee 95 120 92 86 78 71.7 32 67 26.7 2 13 1.7 0 0.0 

Texas 254 878 186 699 66 79.6 177 67 20.2 2 1 0.2 0 0.0 

Utah 29 18 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 100.0 

Vermont 233 46 180 22 121 47.8 27 118 58.7 0 3 0.0 (3) (6.5)

Virginia 134 29 134 19 134 65.5   **  **   10 34.5 

Washington 39 274 39 155 22 56.6 21 20 7.7 13 3 4.7 85 31.0 

West Virginia 55 24 27 8 26 33.3 1 26 4.2 0 0.0 15 62.5 

Wisconsin 72 190 72 59 72 31.1 111 72 58.4 20 72 10.5 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 16 23 12 5 75.0 4 2 25.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 8 1 8 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 14,824 4,070 6,858 3,567 46.3 6,711 3,359 45.3 962 1,107 5.5 434 2.9 

States Included 52 49 48 31 16 

Question B13 B15a B15b B15c calc

** Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia’s data are included in full in the dataset available at www.eac.gov. 
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Table 20. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Voter

Questions B13 and B15. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B13

Alaska This number includes 35 FWAB ballots in which the voter's State ballot was received and processed instead of the FWAB.

Arkansas One county indicated that these ballots were not completed properly. Searcy County indicated that B13 was not applicable. 

Arizona One county indicated that these ballots were received after the deadline and were not included in the number transmitted and submitted for counting. A second county indicated that the total 

above includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day) and 1 FWAB that was illegible. Subtracting these 37 ballots, there were only 14 UOCAVA ballots that could have 

possibly been considered valid and were subsequently rejected.

Florida One county indicated that B13a includes two absentee rejects that were not captured in VR. A second county indicated that a voter sent one in, but never requested an absentee ballot. Three 

other counties explained that the ballots were received late.

Idaho One county indicated that this was a FWAB that was received after the election from a voter who had not requested an absentee ballot from the county; it was therefore rejected.

Massachusetts One county indicated that the ballot was received late.

Michigan In Michigan, decisions on rejected absentee ballots and FWABs are made in the clerk’s office before the ballots are submitted to the appropriate precinct board for counting.

Mississippi One county indicated that the ballots were received after the election was over. Another county indicated that 10 ballots were not returned. Another county explained that there were only 4 

ballots returned by the county. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B13 represents rejected ballots only.

New Mexico One county indicated that B13 represents UOCAVA absentee ballots received for reasons other than late receipt.

Nevada One county indicated that 2 FWAB were not counted.

Ohio One county explained that the rejected ballot was mailed by the voter on November 18, 2010 and received by the Board of Elections on November 29, 2010. A second county explained that the 

rejected ballot was a FWAB but the voter was not qualified to vote in such a manner since he or she did not previously request an absentee ballot for the November 2, 2010 general election. A 

third county explained that they received the ballot too late and it was therefore rejected.

Oklahoma One county indicated that B13 includes both FWABs and SWABs that were rejected.

South Carolina In South Carolina, the ballots in B13 were not returned by the 7pm Election Day deadline. Data were not available for other ballots rejected.

South Dakota One county indicated that the ballot was rejected because the voter was not registered and was ineligible to vote. A second county indicated that the ballot was rejected because it was received 

too late. Another county indicated that there were only 2 total UOCAVA voters in the county.

Tennessee One county explained that 3 ballots were received too late (after the election) and 1 ballot was undeliverable.

Vermont One county indicated that a ballot was received late, on November 4, 2010; it was a non-military/civilian ballot. A second county indicated that the rejected ballot was received too late.

Washington One county explained that a voter faxed a ballot to the office but did not follow the instructions to also mail the original. The original would have had to have been received by certification in order 

to count the ballot. A second county indicated that the rejected ballot was received too late to count as it was past the certification date.
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Table 20. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Voter

Questions B13 and B15. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B15

Arkansas Two counties explained that they did not have any UOCAVA ballots that were rejected.

Arizona One county indicated that the total includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day). If it excludes those 37 ballots that were not real "countable" rejects, there were then 

only 7 "Uniformed services voters" and 8 "Non-military/civilian overseas voters" (total of 15) that had possible "countable" ballots that were rejected.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data and answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated 

that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does not have a 

method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county explained that the ballots in B15c were 

sent by mail but returned via postal mail or fax.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive other types of ballots that got rejected.

Hawaii For one county, B15a. categories report 15a and 15b combined.

Mississippi One county explained that there were no rejected ballots, but 3 were unprocessed. A second county indicated that 4 ballots were returned as undeliverable.

New Jersey In New Jersey, the B15 Categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians and it only includes rejected 

ballots.

Nevada One county explained that a ballot was never returned.

Ohio One county indicated that the ballot is B15a is a civilian, not registered, FWAB ballot. A second county indicated that B15a & b excludes ballots returned as undeliverable.

South Carolina In South Carolina, there was no "other type" of UOCAVA ballot. In addition, no differentiation was made between state-issued ballots and FWABs. Data on ballots that were rejected only include 

ballots that missed the deadline. No data were available specifically for UOCAVA ballots rejected for other reasons (e.g., provisionals).

Tennessee One county explained that one was ballot received too late (November 5, 2010).

Virginia **Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia's data are included in full in the data available at www.eac.gov.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B15c captures both military and overseas FWABs.
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Table 21. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, All Voters

State

Election

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UOCAVA Ballots Rejected 

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Type of Ballot, for All Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 214 64 184 58 86.0 10 36 4.7 1 34 0.5 19 8.9 

Alaska 1 216 1 115 1 53.2 101 1 46.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 94 15 93 8 98.9 1 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 25 73 3 11 12.0 4 10 16.0 0 6 0.0 18 72.0 

California 58 1,126 57 611 42 54.3 154 33 13.7 0 20 0.0 361 32.1 

Colorado 64 136 64 109 60 80.1 12 56 8.8 0 0.0 15 11.0 

Connecticut 169 13 169 13 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 26 3 26 3 100.0 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 35 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 100.0 

Florida 67 1,251 67 1,177 67 94.1 69 67 5.5 0 67 0.0 5 0.4 

Georgia 159 190 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 190 100.0 

Hawaii 4 23 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 100.0 

Idaho 44 248 44 217 42 87.5 3 44 1.2 0 44 0.0 28 11.3 

Illinois 110 327 109 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 327 100.0 

Indiana 92 128 92 128 92 100.0 14 37 10.9 0 0.0 (14) (10.9)

Iowa 99 54 99 0 0.0 11 99 20.4 0 99 0.0 43 79.6 

Kansas 105 50 105 40 104 80.0 10 105 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 82 120 82 120 100.0 0 120 0.0 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 219 64 219 64 100.0 0 64 0.0 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 33 505 32 505 97.0 1 505 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 577 24 97 24 16.8 479 24 83.0 0 24 0.0 1 0.2 

Massachusetts 351 113 6 2 1 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 111 98.2 

Michigan 83 285 83 244 83 85.6 41 83 14.4 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 156 87 136 87 87.2 20 87 12.8 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 15 58 8 19 53.3 0 13 0.0 0 11 0.0 7 46.7 

Missouri 116 262 115 178 54 67.9 34 0.0 0 31 0.0 84 32.1 

Montana 56 58 56 58 56 100.0 56 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 75 21 72 18 96.0 3 2 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 203 15 192 7 94.6 2 4 1.0 0 3 0.0 9 4.4 

New Hampshire 323 53 323 47 323 88.7 6 323 11.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 133 21 133 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 11 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 100.0 

New York 62 5,615 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5,615 100.0 

North Carolina 100 244 100 90 100 36.9 154 100 63.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 1 53 1 53 100.0 0 53 0.0 0 53 0.0 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 216 88 178 88 82.4 37 88 17.1 0 88 0.0 1 0.5 
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UOCAVA Ballots Rejected

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Type of Ballot, for All Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 122 77 122 77 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Oregon 36 370 36 370 36 100.0 0 36 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 151 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 151 100.0 

Rhode Island 39 0 39 0 39 ... 0 39 ... 0 39 ... 0 ...

South Dakota 66 45 65 37 66 82.2 10 66 22.2 4 66 8.9 (6) (13.3)

Tennessee 95 120 92 101 67 84.2 9 45 7.5 0 18 0.0 10 8.3 

Texas 254 878 186 707 67 80.2 174 66 19.8 0 0.0 (3) (0.3)

Utah 29 18 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 100.0 

Vermont 233 46 180 27 50 58.7 1 32 2.2 0 30 0.0 18 39.1 

Virginia 134 29 134 4 134 13.8 13 134 44.8 13 134 44.8 (3.4)

Washington 39 274 39 143 19 52.2 0 8 0.0 42 9 15.3 89 32.5 

West Virginia 55 24 27 8 4 33.3 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 16 66.7 

Wisconsin 72 190 72 170 72 89.5 20 72 10.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 16 23 16 5 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 8 1 8 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 14,824 4,070 6,198 2,917 41.8 1,359 2,549 9.2 60 1,136 0.4 7,207 48.6 

States Included 52 42 38 25 29 

Question B13 B16a+b+c B17a+b+c B18a+b+c calc
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Table 22. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Uniformed Services Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in Survey

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected 

from 

These Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Type of Ballot, for Uniformed Services Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 182 63 170 58 93.4 9 36 4.9 0 33 0.0 3 1.6 

Alaska 1 173 1 81 1 46.8 92 1 53.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 57 9 57 8 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 5 65 2 11 40.0 2 9 40.0 0 6 0.0 1 20.0 

California 58 428 51 276 42 64.5 118 33 27.6 0 20 0.0 34 7.9 

Colorado 64 28 64 28 60 100.0 3 56 10.7 0 0.0 (3) (10.7)

Connecticut 169 9 169 9 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 15 3 15 3 100.0 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 5 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 100.0 

Florida 67 1,097 66 1,032 67 94.1 62 67 5.7 0 67 0.0 3 0.3 

Georgia 159 102 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 102 100.0 

Hawaii 4 18 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 100.0 

Idaho 44 95 44 72 42 75.8 0 44 0.0 0 44 0.0 23 24.2 

Illinois 110 108 88 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 108 100.0 

Indiana 92 91 92 91 92 100.0 6 37 6.6 0 0.0 (6) (6.6)

Iowa 99 0 0 ... 7 99 ... 0 99 ... (7) ...

Kansas 105 31 104 23 104 74.2 8 105 25.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 62 120 62 120 100.0 0 120 0.0 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 160 64 160 64 100.0 0 64 0.0 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 9 505 8 505 88.9 1 505 11.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 34 24 33 24 97.1 0 0.0 0 24 0.0 1 2.9 

Massachusetts 351 18 5 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 100.0 

Michigan 83 195 83 174 83 89.2 21 83 10.8 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 40 87 37 87 92.5 3 87 7.5 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 15 37 8 19 53.3 0 13 0.0 0 11 0.0 7 46.7 

Missouri 116 144 103 109 54 75.7 0 34 0.0 0 31 0.0 35 24.3 

Montana 56 46 56 46 56 100.0 0 56 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 38 19 36 18 94.7 2 2 5.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 181 13 177 7 97.8 2 4 1.1 0 3 0.0 2 1.1 

New Hampshire 323 23 323 23 323 100.0 0 323 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 37 21 37 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 0 3 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

New York 62 1,789 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,789 100.0 

North Carolina 100 154 100 55 100 35.7 99 100 64.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 1 53 1 53 100.0 0 53 0.0 0 53 0.0 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 102 88 89 88 87.3 13 88 12.7 0 88 0.0 0 0.0 
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UOCAVA Ballots Rejected 

from 

These Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Type of Ballot, for Uniformed Services Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 100 77 100 77 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Oregon 36 63 36 63 36 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 78 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 78 100.0 

Rhode Island 39 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 20 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 100.0 

South Dakota 66 37 66 20 66 54.1 8 66 21.6 0 66 0.0 9 24.3 

Tennessee 95 86 78 77 67 89.5 8 45 9.3 0 18 0.0 1 1.2 

Texas 254 699 66 555 66 79.4 141 66 20.2 0 0.0 3 0.4 

Utah 29 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

Vermont 233 22 121 9 46 40.9 0 32 0.0 0 29 0.0 13 59.1 

Virginia 134 19 134 3 134 15.8 3 134 15.8 4 134 21.1 9 47.4 

Washington 39 155 22 126 19 81.3 0 8 0.0 26 9 16.8 3 1.9 

West Virginia 55 8 26 7 4 87.5 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 1 12.5 

Wisconsin 72 59 72 59 72 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 12 5 12 5 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 8 1 8 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 6,858 3,567 3,950 2,873 57.6 608 2,376 8.9 30 1,095 0.4 2,270 33.1 

States Included 49 41 33 24 27 

Question B15a B16a B17a B18a calc
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Table 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot, Non-military/Civilian Voters

State

Election

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Rejected from These Voters

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Type of Ballot, for Non-military/Civilian Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 25 48 14 44 56.0 0 33 0.0 1 34 4.0 10 40.0 

Alaska 1 43 1 34 1 79.1 9 1 20.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 37 5 36 4 97.3 1 1 2.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 6 66 1 11 16.7 2 10 33.3 0 6 0.0 3 50.0 

California 58 545 51 282 42 51.7 33 33 6.1 0 20 0.0 230 42.2 

Colorado 64 108 64 81 60 75.0 9 56 8.3 0 0.0 18 16.7 

Connecticut 169 4 169 4 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 11 3 11 3 100.0 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 30 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 100.0 

Florida 67 154 66 145 67 94.2 7 67 4.5 0 67 0.0 2 1.3 

Georgia 159 88 159 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 88 100.0 

Hawaii 4 0 4 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

Idaho 44 17 44 12 42 70.6 0 44 0.0 0 44 0.0 5 29.4 

Illinois 110 33 78 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 33 100.0 

Indiana 92 37 92 37 92 100.0 1 37 2.7 0 0.0 (2.7)

Iowa 99 0 0 ... 4 99 ... 0 99 ... (4) ...

Kansas 105 16 104 14 104 87.5 2 105 12.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 20 120 20 120 100.0 0 120 0.0 0 120 0.0 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 59 64 59 64 100.0 0 64 0.0 0 64 0.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 24 505 24 505 100.0 0 505 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 65 24 64 24 98.5 0 0.0 0 24 0.0 1 1.5 

Massachusetts 351 95 4 2 1 2.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 93 97.9 

Michigan 83 90 83 70 83 77.8 20 83 22.2 0 83 0.0 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 116 87 99 87 85.3 17 87 14.7 0 87 0.0 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 2 34 0 16 0.0 0 12 0.0 0 9 0.0 2 100.0 

Missouri 116 117 92 69 47 59.0 0 33 0.0 0 30 0.0 48 41.0 

Montana 56 12 56 12 56 100.0 0 56 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 37 9 36 8 97.3 1 1 2.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 17 11 15 4 88.2 0 4 0.0 0 3 0.0 2 11.8 

New Hampshire 323 30 323 24 323 80.0 6 323 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 68 21 68 21 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 0 3 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

New York 62 3,826 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,826 100.0 

North Carolina 100 90 100 35 100 38.9 55 100 61.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 0 53 0 53 ... 0 53 ... 0 52 ... 0 ...

Ohio 88 97 88 89 88 91.8 8 88 8.2 0 88 0.0 0 0.0 
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UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Type of Ballot, for Non-military/Civilian Voters Not Categorized

Absentee Ballots Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) Other Ballot (See Comments) Balance (See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 22 77 22 77 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Oregon 36 307 36 307 36 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 73 67 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 73 100.0 

Rhode Island 39 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 6 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 100.0 

South Dakota 66 11 66 7 66 63.6 2 66 18.2 0 66 0.0 2 18.2 

Tennessee 95 32 67 24 58 75.0 1 43 3.1 0 17 0.0 7 21.9 

Texas 254 177 67 149 67 84.2 33 66 18.6 0 0.0 (5) (2.8)

Utah 29 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

Vermont 233 27 118 18 50 66.7 1 32 3.7 0 30 0.0 8 29.6 

Virginia 134   0 134 0.0 10 134 0.3 7 134 0.2 3,951 99.6 

Washington 39 21 20 17 15 81.0 0 8 0.0 3 9 14.3 1 4.8 

West Virginia 55 1 26 1 4 100.0 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 0.0 

Wisconsin 72 111 72 111 72 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 4 2 4 2 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 0 1 0 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 ...

Guam 1 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 6,711 3,359 2,017 2,821 18.9 222 2,370 2.1 11 1,092 0.1 8,429 78.9 

States Included 48 41 34 24 25 

Question B15b B16b B17b B18b calc

** Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia’s data are included in full in the dataset available at www.eac.gov. 
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Tables 21, 22, and 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot for All Voters; Uniformed; and Civilian

Questions B13, B15, B16, B17, and B18. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B13

Alaska This number includes 35 FWAB ballots in which the voter's State ballot was received and processed instead of the FWAB.

Arkansas One county indicated that these ballots were not completed properly. Searcy County indicated that B13 was not applicable. 

Arizona One county indicated that these ballots were received after the deadline and were not included in the number transmitted and submitted for counting. A second county indicated that the total 

above includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day) and 1 FWAB that was illegible. Subtracting these 37 ballots, there were only 14 UOCAVA ballots that could have 

possibly been considered valid and were subsequently rejected.

Florida One county indicated that B13a includes two absentee rejects that were not captured in VR. A second county indicated that a voter sent one in, but never requested an absentee ballot. Three 

other counties explained that the ballots were received late.

Idaho One county indicated that this was a FWAB that was received after the election from a voter who had not requested an absentee ballot from the county; it was therefore rejected.

Massachusetts One county indicated that the ballot was received late.

Michigan In Michigan, decisions on rejected absentee ballots and FWABs are made in the clerk’s office before the ballots are submitted to the appropriate precinct board for counting.

Mississippi One county indicated that the ballots were received after the election was over. Another county indicated that 10 ballots were not returned. Another county explained that there were only 4 

ballots returned by the county. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B13 represents rejected ballots only.

New Mexico One county indicated that B13 represents UOCAVA absentee ballots received for reasons other than late receipt.

Nevada One county indicated that 2 FWAB were not counted.

Ohio One county explained that the rejected ballot was mailed by the voter on November 18, 2010 and received by the Board of Elections on November 29, 2010. A second county explained that the 

rejected ballot was a FWAB but the voter was not qualified to vote in such a manner since he or she did not previously request an absentee ballot for the November 2, 2010 general election. A 

third county explained that it received the ballot too late and it was therefore rejected.

Oklahoma One county indicated that B13 includes both FWABs and SWABs that were rejected.

South Carolina In South Carolina, the ballots in B13 were not returned by the 7pm Election Day deadline. Data were not available for other ballots rejected.

South Dakota One county indicated that the ballot was rejected because the voter was not registered and was ineligible to vote. A second county indicated that the ballot was rejected because it was received 

too late. Another county indicated that there were only 2 total UOCAVA voters in the county.

Tennessee One county explained that 3 ballots were received too late (after the election) and 1 ballot was undeliverable.

Vermont One county indicated that a ballot was received late, on November 4, 2010; it was a non-military/civilian ballot. A second county indicated that the rejected ballot was received too late.

Washington One county explained that a voter faxed a ballot to the office but did not follow the instructions to also mail the original. The original would have had to have been received by certification in order 

to count the ballot. A second county indicated that the rejected ballot was received too late to count as it was past the certification date.
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Tables 21, 22, and 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot for All Voters; Uniformed; and Civilian

Questions B13, B15, B16, B17, and B18. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B15

Arkansas Two counties explained that they did not have any UOCAVA ballots that were rejected.

Arizona One county indicated that the total includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day). If it excludes those 37 ballots that were not real "countable" rejects, there were then only 

7 "Uniformed services voters" and 8 "Non-military/civilian overseas voters" (total of 15) that had possible "countable" ballots that were rejected.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data and answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated that the 

majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does not have a method for 

tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county explained that the ballots in B15c were sent by mail but 

returned via postal mail or fax.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive other types of ballots that got rejected.

Hawaii For one county, B15a. categories report 15a and 15b combined.

Mississippi One county explained that there were no rejected ballots, but 3 were unprocessed. A second county indicated that 4 ballots were returned as undeliverable.

New Jersey In New Jersey, the B15 Categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians and it only includes rejected ballots.

Nevada One county explained that a ballot was never returned.

Ohio One county indicated that the ballot is B15a is a civilian, not registered, FWAB ballot. A second county indicated that B15a & b excludes ballots returned as undeliverable.

South Carolina In South Carolina, there was no "other type" of UOCAVA ballot. In addition, no differentiation was made between state-issued ballots and FWABs. Data on ballots that were rejected only include ballots 

that missed the deadline. No data were available specifically for UOCAVA ballots rejected for other reasons (e.g., provisionals).

Tennessee One county explained that one was ballot received too late (November 5, 2010).

Virginia **Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia's data are included in full in the data available at www.eac.gov.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B15c captures both military and overseas FWABs.
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Tables 21, 22, and 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot for All Voters; Uniformed; and Civilian

Questions B13, B15, B16, B17, and B18. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B16

Arkansas Two counties explained that they did not have any UOCAVA ballots that were rejected.

Arizona One county indicated that the total includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day). If it excludes those 37 ballots that were not real "countable" rejects, there were then only 

7 "Uniformed services voters" and 8 "Non-military/civilian overseas voters" (total of 15) that had possible "countable" ballots that were rejected.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data and answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated that the 

majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county explained that B16a includes 1 returned voter 

generated FWAB (Placer County ballot counted) and B16c includes 1 Incomplete voting package faxed by an unidentified voter. One county indicated that it does not have a method for tracking stateside 

military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county explained that the FWAB totals were included in the Absentee Ballot totals 

in B16.

Colorado In Colorado, most counties did not track counted or rejected ballots by UOCAVA category. Where counties did track ballots in this fashion, the numbers were provided.

Idaho Some counties indicated that they do not track rejected UOCAVA Absentee Ballots by UOCAVA Type.

Ohio One county indicated that B16a & b excludes ballots returned as undeliverable.

Tennessee One county indicated that Absentee Ballots and FWAB totals were combined.

Question B17

Arkansas Two counties explained that they did not have any UOCAVA ballots that were rejected.

Arizona One county indicated that the total includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day). If it excludes those 37 ballots that were not real "countable" rejects, there were then 

only 7 "Uniformed services voters" and 8 "Non-military/civilian overseas voters" (total of 15) that had possible "countable" ballots that were rejected.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data and answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated 

that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does not have a 

method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county explained that the FWAB totals were 

included in the Absentee Ballot totals in B16.

Idaho One county indicated that there was no UOCAVA designation and that a ballot was received from a voter that did not request an absentee ballot from the county.

Maryland Maryland was unable to breakout FWABs into uniformed services voters and civilian, overseas voters

Ohio One county indicated that FWAB voters are not identified as military or civilian.

South Carolina In South Carolina, no differentiation was made between state-issued ballots and FWABs. 

Tennessee One county indicated that Absentee Ballots and FWAB totals were combined.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B17c captures both military and overseas FWABs.
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Tables 21, 22, and 23. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Type of Ballot for All Voters; Uniformed; and Civilian

Questions B13, B15, B16, B17, and B18. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by type of ballot.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B18

Arkansas Two counties explained that they did not have any UOCAVA ballots that were rejected.

Arizona One county indicated that the total includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day). If it excludes those 37 ballots that were not real "countable" rejects, there were then 

only 7 "Uniformed services voters" and 8 "Non-military/civilian overseas voters" (total of 15) that had possible "countable" ballots that were rejected.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data and answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated 

that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does not have a 

method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military.

Minnesota Minnesota explained that it does not have any other type of ballot to report.

South Carolina In South Carolina, there was no "other type" of UOCAVA ballot. In addition, no differentiation was made between state-issued ballots and FWABs. Data on ballots that were rejected only include 

ballots that missed the deadline. No data were available specifically for UOCAVA ballots rejected for other reasons (e.g., provisionals).
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2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 24. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Reason for Rejection

State

Election

Juris.

in Survey

UOCAVA Ballots 

Rejected

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Reason for Rejection, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Not Received on Time or Missed 

Deadline

Problem with Voter 

Signature

Ballot Lacked a 

Postmark

Other Reason 

(See Comments)

Balance 

(See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 214 64 44 46 0.0 21 42 9.8 6 32 2.8 125 17 58.4 18 8.4 

Alaska 1 216 1 10 1 4.6 10 1 4.6 0 1 0.0 196 1 90.7 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 94 15 48 6 51.1 7 5 7.4 0 1 0.0 39 2 41.5 0 0.0 

Arkansas 75 25 73 12 67 48.0 8 64 32.0 0 64 0.0 3 49 12.0 2 8.0 

California 58 1,126 57 749 54 66.5 85 50 7.5 0 46 0.0 292 24 25.9 0 0.0 

Colorado 64 136 64 98 64 72.1 34 64 25.0 0 0.0 4 64 2.9 0 0.0 

Connecticut 169 13 169 13 169 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Delaware 3 26 3 26 3 100.0 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 35 1 2 1 5.7 1 1 2.9 0 0.0 32 1 91.4 0 0.0 

Florida 67 1,251 67 943 67 75.4 179 67 14.3 0 67 0.0 124 67 9.9 5 0.4 

Georgia 159 190 159 87 159 45.8 33 159 17.4 0 159 0.0 70 159 36.8 0 0.0 

Hawaii 4 23 5 23 4 100.0 0 4 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Idaho 44 248 44 50 43 20.2 7 44 2.8 0 44 0.0 191 44 77.0 0 0.0 

Illinois 110 327 109 101 58 30.9 19 52 5.8 0 0.0 50 50 15.3 157 48.0 

Indiana 92 128 92 11 92 8.6 0 36 0.0 0 36 0.0 8 32 6.3 109 85.2 

Iowa 99 54 99 11 99 20.4 10 99 18.5 0 0.0 17 99 31.5 16 29.6 

Kansas 105 50 105 35 105 70.0 6 105 12.0 0 105 0.0 9 105 18.0 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 82 120 24 120 29.3 12 120 14.6 0 120 0.0 46 120 56.1 0 0.0 

Louisiana 64 219 64 148 64 67.6 60 64 27.4 0 64 0.0 11 64 5.0 0 0.0 

Maine 505 33 505 29 505 87.9 2 505 6.1 0 0.0 2 505 6.1 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 577 24 88 24 15.3 14 24 2.4 0 0.0 14 24 2.4 461 79.9 

Massachusetts 351 113 6 6 5 5.3 0 3 0.0 0 3 0.0 107 1 94.7 0 0.0 

Michigan 83 285 83 223 83 78.2 19 83 6.7 0 83 0.0 43 83 15.1 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 156 87 140 87 89.7 14 87 9.0 0 87 0.0 2 87 1.3 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 15 58 7 39 46.7 0 36 0.0 0 36 0.0 2 8 13.3 6 40.0 

Missouri 116 262 115 156 90 59.5 23 82 8.8 0 70 0.0 82 8 31.3 1 0.4 

Montana 56 58 56 54 56 93.1 2 56 3.4 0 56 0.0 2 56 3.4 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 75 21 44 20 58.7 2 1 2.7 0 0.0 29 1 38.7 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 203 15 202 13 99.5 1 9 0.5 0 8 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

New Hampshire 323 53 323 34 323 64.2 13 323 24.5 0 323 0.0 6 323 11.3 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 133 21 70 21 52.6 20 21 15.0 0 0.0 43 21 32.3 0 0.0 

New Mexico 33 11 29 9 18 81.8 0 13 0.0 0 13 0.0 0 5 0.0 2 18.2 

New York 62 5,615 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,764 1 84.8 851 15.2 

North Carolina 100 244 100 70 100 28.7 26 100 10.7 0 0.0 145 100 59.4 3 1.2 

North Dakota 53 1 53 0 53 0.0 1 53 100.0 0 53 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 
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State

Election

Juris.

in Survey

UOCAVA Ballots 

Rejected

UOCAVA Ballots Rejected, by Reason for Rejection, for All Ballots Not Categorized

Not Received on Time or Missed 

Deadline

Problem with Voter 

Signature

Ballot Lacked a 

Postmark

Other Reason 

(See Comments)

Balance 

(See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Ohio 88 216 88 95 88 44.0 4 88 1.9 8 88 3.7 107 88 49.5 2 0.9 

Oklahoma 77 122 77 61 77 50.0 1 77 0.8 0 0.0 52 77 42.6 8 6.6 

Pennsylvania 67 151 67 91 67 60.3 8 67 5.3 0 67 0.0 52 67 34.4 0 0.0

Rhode Island 39 0 39 0 39 ... 0 39 ... 0 39 ... 0 39 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 26 46 26 46 100.0 0 0.0 0 46 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

South Dakota 66 45 65 37 63 82.2 4 62 8.9 0 61 0.0 4 66 8.9 0 0.0 

Tennessee 95 120 92 94 78 78.3 21 70 17.5 0 28 0.0 6 9 5.0 (0.8)

Texas 254 878 186 603 66 68.7 195 49 22.2 12 25 1.4 68 19 7.7 0 0.0 

Utah 29 18 29 0 0.0 0 29 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 100.0 

Vermont 233 46 180 47 139 102.2 7 123 15.2 0 118 0.0 13 9 28.3 (21) (45.7)

Virginia 134 29 134 7 134 24.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 134 75.9 0 0.0 

Washington 39 274 39 17 16 6.2 130 17 47.4 0 8 0.0 45 12 16.4 82 29.9 

West Virginia 55 24 27 14 13 58.3 0 11 0.0 0 11 0.0 0 2 0.0 10 41.7 

Wisconsin 72 190 72 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 190 72 100.0 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 16 23 12 5 75.0 1 1 6.3 0 0.0 3 1 18.8 0 0.0 

American Samoa 1 8 1 8 1 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 

Guam 1 0 46 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... (46) ...

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 14,824 4,070 4,805 3,528 32.4 1,052 3,046 7.1 26 1,969 0.2 7,258 2,753 49.0 1,683 11.4 

States Included 52 50 47 35 45 20 

Question B13 B14a B14b B14c B14d+e+f calc
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Table 24. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Reason for Rejection

Questions B13 and B14. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by reason for rejection.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B13

Alaska This number includes 35 FWAB ballots in which the voter's State ballot was received and processed instead of the FWAB.

Arkansas One county indicated that these ballots were not completed properly. Searcy County indicated that B13 was not applicable. 

Arizona One county indicated that these ballots were received after the deadline and were not included in the number transmitted and submitted for counting. A second county indicated that the total 

above includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day) and 1 FWAB that was illegible. Subtracting these 37 ballots, there were only 14 UOCAVA ballots that could have 

possibly been considered valid and were subsequently rejected.

Florida One county indicated that B13a includes two absentee rejects that were not captured in VR. A second county indicated that a voter sent one in, but never requested an absentee ballot. Three 

other counties explained that the ballots were received late.

Idaho One county indicated that this was a FWAB that was received after the election from a voter who had not requested an absentee ballot from the county; it was therefore rejected.

Massachusetts One county indicated that the ballot was received late.

Michigan In Michigan, decisions on rejected absentee ballots and FWABs are made in the clerk’s office before the ballots are submitted to the appropriate precinct board for counting.

Mississippi One county indicated that the ballots were received after the election was over. Another county indicated that 10 ballots were not returned. Another county explained that there were only 4 

ballots returned by the county. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B13 represents rejected ballots only.

New Mexico One county indicated that B13 represents UOCAVA absentee ballots received for reasons other than late receipt.

Nevada One county indicated that 2 FWABs were not counted.

Ohio One county explained that the rejected ballot was mailed by the voter on November 18, 2010 and received by the Board of Elections on November 29, 2010. A second county explained that the 

rejected ballot was a FWAB but the voter was not qualified to vote in such a manner since he or she did not previously request an absentee ballot for the November 2, 2010 general election. A 

third county explained that they received the ballot too late and it was therefore rejected.

Oklahoma One county indicated that B13 includes both FWABs and SWABs that were rejected.

South Carolina In South Carolina, the ballots in B13 were not returned by the 7pm Election Day deadline. Data were not available for other ballots rejected.

South Dakota One county indicated that the ballot was rejected because the voter was not registered and was ineligible to vote. A second county indicated that the ballot was rejected because it was received 

too late. Another county indicated that there were only 2 total UOCAVA voters in the county.

Tennessee One county explained that 3 ballots were received too late (after the election) and 1 ballot was undeliverable.

Vermont One county indicated that a ballot was received late, on November 4, 2010; it was a non-military/civilian ballot. A second county indicated that the rejected ballot was received too late. The State 

provided the following explanation for B14a being larger than B13: “Vermont law does not include ballots received after the deadline as “rejected” ballots because the election official did not 

reject the ballot, rather the ballot was not returned before the deadline by the voter as required by law.  Therefore, some clerks report a ballot as “not received on time/missed deadline,” but do 

not add that number into the number of ballots reported as rejected.  Vermont law does not use the term “rejected” at all.  In Vermont law, ballots that are returned but not counted are termed 

either spoiled or defective depending on the reason why the ballot was not counted.  Therefore most clerks would add together the number of spoiled and defective ballots to arrive at the number 

for “rejected” ballots.”

Washington One county explained that a voter faxed a ballot to the office but did not follow the instructions to also mail the original. The original would have had to have been received by certification in order 

to count the ballot. A second county indicated that the rejected ballot was received too late to count as it was past the certification date.
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Table 24. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Reason for Rejection

Questions B13 and B14. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by reason for rejection.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B14

Alaska Alaska explained that the B14e category includes insufficient witnessing. 

Arkansas One county indicated that the ballot in B14a was received after the election without any postmark date.

Arizona One county indicated that these ballots were received after the deadline and were not included in the number transmitted and submitted for counting. A second county indicated that ballots that were not 

received on time were not considered valid ballots. As such, those 37 ballots were accounted for but were not classified as true rejects that were able to possibly be counted (e.g., bad signature or no signature). One county explained that B14a includes two ballots that were not received on time and therefore were not submitted for counting. Another county explained that B14 includes 6 ballots that were 

not received on time and therefore not submitted for counting.

California One county explained that B14d represented ballots rejected because the envelope was not signed. A second county explained that B14d included 1 incomplete voting package faxed by an unidentified 

voter and B14e included 1 returned voter generated FWAB (Placer County ballot counted). One county explained that B14e included individuals that did not apply for a ballot – FWABs. Another county explained that B14e represents "No Standard Oath".

Iowa Some counties indicated that 1 absentee ballot was rejected because the voter cast a ballot in person at the polls.

Idaho One county indicated that two Ballots were FWABs received from voters who did not request absentee ballots from the county.

Maryland In Maryland, other valid rejection reasons include used agent and ballot envelope was not sealed; voter deceased; voter is convicted felon; ID received but did not satisfy requirements; voted more than 

once; and surrendered ballot at polls, but these were not listed because no absentee ballots were rejected for these reasons.

Michigan In Michigan, “Other” rejections include FWAB’s that were not needed as regular absentee ballots arrived in time to be counted.

Minnesota B14C, "Lacked postmark," is not a rejection reason in Minnesota

Missouri One county in Missouri explained that a voter’s confirmation notice was returned after ballots were mailed.

Mississippi One county reported that 2 other military ballots were emailed and 1 military ballot was faxed in the U.S. regular absentee report.

New Jersey In New Jersey, B14b includes “Signature Does Not Match,” “Certificate Not Signed,” and “Bearer Book Not Signed In.”

New York The State provided the following reason to explain why no data were provided in B14: “Data not collected by type or reason for reasons ballots were unable to be counted, though our reasons are similar 

to those reported by almost every jurisdiction.  They include late postmarks, ballots not signed by voters, ballots returned by USPS as undeliverable, returned by USPS late, etc.”

Nevada One county in Nevada indicated that a FWAB was received on time but the voter was not currently registered in that jurisdiction and it was past the deadline for new registration by mail.

Ohio One county indicated that one overseas ballot was rejected because the voter voted at the polls on Election Day. A second county indicated that the regular absentee ballot request (in B14e) was not 

timely received by Board of Elections and the regular absentee ballot (in B14f) was received and counted. 

South Carolina In South Carolina, "Lacking a postmark" is not a reason for rejection. In addition, no data were available for “problem with signature” and other reasons.

South Dakota One county indicated that a ballot was never returned to the office. A second county indicated that the ballots were received after election day.

Tennessee Some counties indicated that a lack of a postmark is not a reason for rejection. In addition, one county explained that a voter and his wife are Service members stationed together. The wife had submitted 

Form 76 and was e-mailed a ballot, however the husband had not submitted an updated Form 76 or otherwise submitted a request for ballot, but he submitted a ballot in PDF form.
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Table 24. UOCAVA Ballots Rejected: Reason for Rejection

Questions B13 and B14. Number of UOCAVA ballots (regular plus FWAB) rejected by reason for rejection.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Question B14 (continued)

Vermont The State provided the following explanation for B14a being larger than B13: “Vermont law does not include ballots received after the deadline as “rejected” ballots because the election official did not 

reject the ballot, rather the ballot was not returned before the deadline by the voter as required by law.  Therefore, some clerks report a ballot as “not received on time/missed deadline” but do not add 

that number into the number of ballots reported as rejected.  Vermont law does not use the term “rejected” at all.  In Vermont law ballots that are returned but not counted are termed either spoiled or 

defective depending on the reason why the ballot was not counted.  Therefore most clerks would add together the number of spoiled and defective ballots to arrive at the number for “rejected” ballots.”

Washington One county indicated that (for B14d) a voter classified as Domestic Military attempted to return 2 ballots. The voter was issued 2 ballots because of a valid address change after the initial UOCAVA mailing 

45 days prior to election day. The original ballot was voided and a new ballot was mailed to the new address, both were returned to the office within 2 days of each other. Another county explained that a 

voter submitted a ballot electronically, but did not send in the original so the ballot could not be counted. Another county explained that rejected ballots were either not signed or signed by another person. 

One county indicated that (for B14d) original signature for email ballot voters is required per Washington State law and 13 email ballot voters did not return their original signature.
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2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 25. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, All Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in Survey

Ballots Transmitted & FWABs

Ballots Submitted from 

All Voters

% of Transmitted 

& FWABs

Ballots Counted from 

All Voters

% of 

Submitted (Cast)

Ballots Rejected from 

All Voters

% of 

Submitted (Cast)

Balance of SubmittedCounted or Rejected 

(See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 4,951 67 1,125 65 22.7 1,058 65 94.0 214 64 19.0 (147) (13.1)

Alaska 1 9,677 1 5,083 1 52.5 4,867 1 95.8 216 1 4.2 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 8,084 15 2,643 15 32.7 2,593 15 98.1 94 15 3.6 (44) (0.5)

Arkansas 75 1,236 75 596 75 48.2 569 74 95.5 25 73 4.2 2 0.2 

California 58 89,899 58 25,208 57 28.0 24,082 57 95.5 1,126 57 4.5 0 0.0 

Colorado 64 10,747 64 4,548 64 42.3 4,378 64 96.3 136 64 3.0 34 0.3 

Connecticut 169 1,099 169 690 169 62.8 690 169 100.0 13 169 1.9 (13) (1.2)

Delaware 3 1,628 3 603 3 37.0 577 3 95.7 26 3 4.3 0 0.0 

District of Columbia 1 1,114 1 321 1 28.8 286 1 89.1 35 1 10.9 0 0.0 

Florida 67 75,645 67 30,459 67 40.3 29,220 67 95.9 1,251 67 4.1 (12) (0.0)

Georgia 159 20,059 159 4,031 159 20.1 4,008 159 99.4 190 159 4.7 (167) (0.8)

Hawaii 4 563 4 371 5 65.9 371 5 100.0 23 5 6.2 (23) (4.1)

Idaho 44 2,045 44 1,184 44 57.9 937 44 79.1 248 44 20.9 (0.0)

Illinois 110 19,052 110 7,140 110 37.5 6,807 110 95.3 327 109 4.6 6 0.0 

Indiana 92 8,358 92 1,878 92 22.5 1,440 92 76.7 128 92 6.8 310 3.7 

Iowa 99 3,188 99 1,446 99 45.4 1,392 99 96.3 54 99 3.7 0 0.0 

Kansas 105 4,547 105 1,398 105 30.7 1,348 105 96.4 50 105 3.6 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 1,508 120 1,101 120 73.0 1,056 120 95.9 82 120 7.4 (37) (2.5)

Louisiana 64 16,289 64 2,165 64 13.3 1,946 64 89.9 219 64 10.1 0 0.0 

Maine 505 1,354 505 659 505 48.7 626 505 95.0 33 505 5.0 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 11,695 24 3,713 24 31.7 3,136 24 84.5 577 24 15.5 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 2,995 351 1,975 351 65.9 1,906 237 96.5 113 6 5.7 (44) (1.5)

Michigan 83 4,667 83 3,219 83 69.0 2,934 83 91.1 285 83 8.9 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 3,218 87 2,125 87 66.0 1,969 87 92.7 156 87 7.3 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 2,769 71 629 68 22.7 616 68 97.9 15 58 2.4 (2) (0.1)

Missouri 116 8,659 116 3,403 115 39.3 3,200 115 94.0 262 115 7.7 (59) (0.7)

Montana 56 3,841 56 1,535 56 40.0 1,477 56 96.2 58 56 3.8 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 1,811 67 645 61 35.6 570 62 88.4 75 21 11.6 0 0.0 

Nevada 17 2,213 17 1,638 17 74.0 1,616 17 98.7 203 15 12.4 (181) (8.2)

New Hampshire 323 2,437 323 1,237 323 50.8 1,184 323 95.7 53 323 4.3 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 11,720 21 2,933 21 25.0 2,792 21 95.2 133 21 4.5 8 0.1 

New Mexico 33 614 30 603 26 98.2 602 30 99.8 11 29 1.8 (10) (1.6)

New York 62 54,495 62 22,303 62 40.9 16,475 62 73.9 5,615 62 25.2 213 0.4 

North Carolina 100 12,802 100 2,913 100 22.8 2,669 100 91.6 244 100 8.4 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 271 53 183 53 67.5 180 53 98.4 1 53 0.5 2 0.7 
75 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in Survey

Ballots Transmitted & FWABs

Ballots Submitted from 

All Voters

% of Transmitted 

& FWABs

Ballots Counted from 

All Voters

% of 

Submitted (Cast)

Ballots Rejected from All 

Voters

% of 

Submitted (Cast)

Balance of SubmittedCounted or Rejected 

(See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Ohio 88 9,865 88 3,869 88 39.2 3,619 88 93.5 216 88 5.6 34 0.3 

Oklahoma 77 4,917 77 1,432 77 29.1 1,325 77 92.5 122 77 8.5 (15) (0.3)

Pennsylvania 67 23,043 67 8,125 67 35.3 7,956 67 97.9 151 67 1.9 18 0.1

Rhode Island 39 473 39 302 39 63.8 302 39 100.0 0 39 0.0 0 0.0 

South Carolina 46 1,757 46 1,277 46 72.7 1,251 46 98.0 26 46 2.0 0 0.0 

South Dakota 66 810 66 617 56 76.2 556 66 90.1 45 65 7.3 16 2.0 

Tennessee 95 4,422 95 3,117 94 70.5 3,037 95 97.4 120 92 3.8 (40) (0.9)

Texas 254 69,778 254 17,863 254 25.6 17,322 189 97.0 878 186 4.9 (337) (0.5)

Utah 29 2,940 29 823 29 28.0 805 29 97.8 18 29 2.2 0 0.0 

Vermont 233 780 207 495 188 63.5 391 189 79.0 46 180 9.3 58 7.4 

Virginia 134 18,447 134 3,737 134 20.3 3,708 134 99.2 29 134 0.8 0 0.0 

Washington 39 52,945 39 20,929 37 39.5 20,750 39 99.1 274 39 1.3 (95) (0.2)

West Virginia 55 871 28 510 27 58.6 486 27 95.3 24 27 4.7 0 0.0 

Wisconsin 72 4,188 72 1,573 72 37.6 1,353 72 86.0 190 72 12.1 30 0.7 

Wyoming 23 913 23 472 23 51.7 424 23 89.8 16 23 3.4 32 3.5 

American Samoa 1 61 1 46 1 75.4 38 1 82.6 8 1 17.4 0 0.0 

Guam 1 92 1 46 1 50.0 46 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 615,352 4,585 211,749 4,536 34.4 197,390 4,375 93.2 14,824 4,070 7.0 (465) (0.1)

States Included 53 53 53 52 31 

Question B1a+B6a:c B3 B8 B13 calc
76 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 26. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Uniformed Services Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots

Transmitted &

FWABs

Ballots

Submitted from

All Voters

% of 

Transmitted

& FWABs

Ballots

Counted from

These Voters

% of

Submitted

(Cast)

Ballots

Rejected from

These Voters

% of

Submitted

(Cast)

Balance of SubmittedCounted or Rejected

(See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 4,035 66 1,033 65 25.6 858 64 83.1 182 63 17.6 (7) (0.7)

Alaska 1 8,278 1 4,294 1 51.9 4,121 1 96.0 173 1 4.0 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 4,131 15 1,422 15 34.4 1,402 14 98.6 57 9 4.0 (37) (0.9)

Arkansas 75 747 73 284 70 38.0 269 69 94.7 5 65 1.8 10 1.3 

California 58 41,579 57 6,385 54 15.4 5,977 54 93.6 428 51 6.7 (20) (0.0)

Colorado 64 3,363 64 1,161 64 34.5 1,065 64 91.7 28 64 2.4 68 2.0 

Connecticut 169 408 169 249 169 61.0 249 169 100.0 9 169 3.6 (9) (2.2)

Delaware 3 867 3 234 3 27.0 221 3 94.4 15 3 6.4 (2) (0.2)

District of Columbia 1 100 1 32 1 32.0 27 1 84.4 5 1 15.6 0 0.0 

Florida 67 53,668 67 21,753 67 40.5 20,665 66 95.0 1,097 66 5.0 (9) (0.0)

Georgia 159 12,611 159 2,238 159 17.7 2,230 159 99.6 102 159 4.6 (94) (0.7)

Hawaii 4 270 4 168 5 62.2 168 5 100.0 18 5 10.7 (18) (6.7)

Idaho 44 1,529 44 790 44 51.7 695 44 88.0 95 44 12.0 0 0.0 

Illinois 110 6,994 94 2,511 94 35.9 2,403 94 95.7 108 88 4.3 0 0.0 

Indiana 92 4,984 92 1,037 92 20.8 861 92 83.0 91 92 8.8 85 1.7 

Iowa 99 123 99 0 0.0 0 ... 0 ... 0 0.0 

Kansas 105 2,862 105 756 105 26.4 725 105 95.9 31 104 4.1 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 881 120 623 120 70.7 596 120 95.7 62 120 10.0 (35) (4.0)

Louisiana 64 11,342 64 1,524 64 13.4 1,364 64 89.5 160 64 10.5 0 0.0 

Maine 505 599 505 254 505 42.4 245 505 96.5 9 505 3.5 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 3,354 24 683 24 20.4 649 24 95.0 34 24 5.0 0 0.0 

Massachusetts 351 490 351 439 351 89.6 439 351 100.0 18 5 4.1 (18) (3.7)

Michigan 83 2,661 83 1,963 83 73.8 1,768 83 90.1 195 83 9.9 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 1,143 87 731 87 64.0 691 87 94.5 40 87 5.5 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 969 63 528 61 54.5 464 58 87.9 15 37 2.8 49 5.1 

Missouri 116 5,512 113 2,159 114 39.2 2,042 114 94.6 144 103 6.7 (27) (0.5)

Montana 56 2,925 56 1,135 56 38.8 1,089 56 95.9 46 56 4.1 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 1,206 67 429 58 35.6 388 57 90.4 38 19 8.9 3 0.2 

Nevada 17 1,574 16 1,126 16 71.5 1,116 17 99.1 181 13 16.1 (171) (10.9)

New Hampshire 323 1,248 323 594 323 47.6 571 323 96.1 23 323 3.9 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 3,783 21 730 21 19.3 692 21 94.8 37 21 5.1 1 0.0 

New Mexico 33 0 8 0 4 ... 0 3 ... 0 3 ... 0 ...

New York 62 15,346 62 5,270 62 34.3 3,481 62 66.1 1,789 62 33.9 0 0.0 

North Carolina 100 8,422 100 1,617 100 19.2 1,463 100 90.5 154 100 9.5 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 206 53 133 53 64.6 132 53 99.2 1 53 0.8 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 5,691 88 2,130 88 37.4 1,989 88 93.4 102 88 4.8 39 0.7 
77 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots

Transmitted &

FWABs

Ballots

Submitted from

All Voters

% of 

Transmitted

& FWABs

Ballots

Counted from

These Voters

% of

Submitted

(Cast)

Ballots

Rejected from

These Voters

% of

Submitted

(Cast)

Balance of SubmittedCounted or Rejected

(See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 3,006 77 868 77 28.9 776 77 89.4 100 77 11.5 (8) (0.3)

Oregon 36 6,941 36 2,247 36 32.4 2,184 36 97.2 63 36 2.8 0 0.0 

Pennsylvania 67 12,816 67 4,319 67 33.7 4,230 67 97.9 78 67 1.8 11 0.1 

Rhode Island 39 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 1,231 46 874 46 71.0 0 0.0 20 46 2.3 854 69.4 

South Dakota 66 638 56 538 66 84.3 541 65 100.6 37 66 6.9 (40) (6.3)

Tennessee 95 3,519 94 2,385 94 67.8 2,348 94 98.4 86 78 3.6 (49) (1.4)

Texas 254 49,977 211 13,218 188 26.4 12,806 188 96.9 699 66 5.3 (287) (0.6)

Utah 29 1,487 29 326 29 21.9 322 29 98.8 0 0.0 4 0.3 

Vermont 233 330 171 205 150 62.1 190 147 92.7 22 121 10.7 (7) (2.1)

Virginia 134 7,022 134 1,785 134 25.4 1,766 134 98.9 19 134 1.1 0 0.0 

Washington 39 32,597 35 13,065 35 40.1 12,862 35 98.4 155 22 1.2 48 0.1 

West Virginia 55 571 25 307 26 53.8 299 26 97.4 8 26 2.6 0 0.0 

Wisconsin 72 2,603 72 793 72 30.5 734 72 92.6 59 72 7.4 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 534 23 350 23 65.5 313 23 89.4 12 5 3.4 25 4.7 

American Samoa 1 61 1 46 1 75.4 38 1 82.6 8 1 17.4 0 0.0 

Guam 1 75 1 33 1 44.0 33 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 337,309 4,395 107,774 4,243 32.0 100,557 4,185 93.3 6,858 3,567 6.4 359 0.1 

States Included 52 51 50 49 29 

Question B1b+B6a B4a B9a B15a calc
78 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey 

Table 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast, Counted, or Rejected as % of Transmitted, Non-military/Civilian Voters

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots

Transmitted &

FWABs

Ballots

Submitted from

All Voters

% of 

Transmitted

& FWABs

Ballots

Counted from

These Voters

% of

Submitted

(Cast)

Ballots

Rejected from

These Voters

% of

Submitted

(Cast)

Balance of SubmittedCounted or Rejected

(See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Alabama 67 737 50 228 40 30.9 194 38 85.1 25 48 11.0 9 3.9 

Alaska 1 1,399 1 789 1 56.4 746 1 94.6 43 1 5.4 0 0.0 

Arizona 15 3,953 14 1,221 14 30.9 1,191 14 97.5 37 5 3.0 (7) (0.2)

Arkansas 75 486 69 146 68 30.0 138 65 94.5 6 66 4.1 2 0.4 

California 58 47,802 57 12,867 54 26.9 12,433 54 96.6 545 51 4.2 (111) (0.2)

Colorado 64 7,377 64 3,377 64 45.8 3,292 64 97.5 108 64 3.2 (23) (0.3)

Connecticut 169 691 169 441 169 63.8 441 169 100.0 4 169 0.9 (4) (0.6)

Delaware 3 761 3 369 3 48.5 356 3 96.5 11 3 3.0 2 0.3 

District of Columbia 1 1,014 1 289 1 28.5 259 1 89.6 30 1 10.4 0 0.0 

Florida 67 21,977 67 8,706 67 39.6 8,555 67 98.3 154 66 1.8 (3) (0.0)

Georgia 159 7,448 159 1,793 159 24.1 1,778 159 99.2 88 159 4.9 (73) (1.0)

Hawaii 4 188 4 123 4 65.4 123 4 100.0 0 4 0.0 0 0.0 

Idaho 44 512 44 257 44 50.2 242 44 94.2 17 44 6.6 (2) (0.4)

Illinois 110 5,264 86 1,646 83 31.3 1,613 82 98.0 33 78 2.0 0 0.0 

Indiana 92 3,354 92 841 92 25.1 579 92 68.8 37 92 4.4 225 6.7 

Iowa 99 61 99 0 0.0 0 ... 0 ... 0 0.0 

Kansas 105 1,685 105 639 105 37.9 623 105 97.5 16 104 2.5 0 0.0 

Kentucky 120 627 120 478 120 76.2 460 120 96.2 20 120 4.2 (2) (0.3)

Louisiana 64 4,947 64 641 64 13.0 582 64 90.8 59 64 9.2 0 0.0 

Maine 505 755 505 405 505 53.6 381 505 94.1 24 505 5.9 0 0.0 

Maryland 24 7,339 24 2,028 24 27.6 1,964 24 96.8 65 24 3.2 (0.0)

Massachusetts 351 2,282 351 1,517 351 66.5 1,492 351 98.4 95 4 6.3 (70) (3.1)

Michigan 83 2,006 83 1,256 83 62.6 1,166 83 92.8 90 83 7.2 0 0.0 

Minnesota 87 2,075 87 1,394 87 67.2 1,278 87 91.7 116 87 8.3 0 0.0 

Mississippi 82 105 51 79 44 75.2 75 45 94.9 2 34 2.5 2 1.9 

Missouri 116 3,139 105 1,230 97 39.2 1,149 98 93.4 117 92 9.5 (36) (1.1)

Montana 56 916 56 400 56 43.7 388 56 97.0 12 56 3.0 0 0.0 

Nebraska 93 605 44 217 34 35.9 182 33 83.9 37 9 17.1 (2) (0.3)

Nevada 17 610 15 504 15 82.6 500 14 99.2 17 11 3.4 (13) (2.1)

New Hampshire 323 1,189 323 643 323 54.1 613 323 95.3 30 323 4.7 0 0.0 

New Jersey 21 5,419 21 1,612 21 29.7 1,538 21 95.4 68 21 4.2 6 0.1 

New Mexico 33 0 8 0 4 ... 0 3 ... 0 3 ... 0 ...

New York 62 39,149 62 16,820 62 43.0 12,994 62 77.3 3,826 62 22.7 0 0.0 

North Carolina 100 4,380 100 1,296 100 29.6 1,206 100 93.1 90 100 6.9 0 0.0 

North Dakota 53 65 53 48 53 73.8 48 53 100.0 0 53 0.0 0 0.0 

Ohio 88 4,130 88 1,719 88 41.6 1,626 88 94.6 97 88 5.6 (4) (0.1)
79 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

State

Election

Juris.

in

Survey

Ballots

Transmitted &

FWABs

Ballots

Submitted from

All Voters

% of 

Transmitted

& FWABs

Ballots

Counted from

These Voters

% of

Submitted

(Cast)

Ballots

Rejected from

These Voters

% of

Submitted

(Cast)

Balance of SubmittedCounted or Rejected

(See Notes)

Total Cases Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Cases Pct. Total Pct.

Oklahoma 77 1,769 77 494 77 27.9 478 77 96.8 22 77 4.5 (6) (0.3)

Oregon 36 6,816 36 2,523 36 37.0 2,217 36 87.9 307 36 12.2 (0.0)

Pennsylvania 67 10,227 67 3,806 67 37.2 3,726 67 97.9 73 67 1.9 7 0.1 

Rhode Island 39 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...

South Carolina 46 526 46 403 46 76.6 0 0.0 6 46 1.5 397 75.5 

South Dakota 66 117 51 93 65 79.5 73 65 78.5 11 66 11.8 9 7.7 

Tennessee 95 879 91 713 85 81.1 689 84 96.6 32 67 4.5 (8) (0.9)

Texas 254 19,801 211 4,646 188 23.5 4,516 188 97.2 177 67 3.8 (47) (0.2)

Utah 29 1,453 29 463 29 31.9 419 29 90.5 0 0.0 44 3.0 

Vermont 233 407 167 284 155 69.8 219 151 77.1 27 118 9.5 38 9.3 

Virginia 134 6,408 134 1,470 134 22.9   **  **   1,470 22.9 

Washington 39 7,253 35 3,155 35 43.5 3,050 35 96.7 21 20 0.7 84 1.2 

West Virginia 55 122 25 65 26 53.3 64 26 98.5 1 26 1.5 0 0.0 

Wisconsin 72 1,474 72 669 72 45.4 558 72 83.4 111 72 16.6 0 0.0 

Wyoming 23 379 23 122 23 32.2 111 23 91.0 4 2 3.3 7 1.8 

American Samoa 1 0 1 0 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 ...

Guam 1 17 1 13 1 76.5 13 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

Sum of Above 4,678 242,095 4,310 84,938 4,139 35.1 76,338 3,947 89.9 6,711 3,359 7.9 1,889 0.8 

States Included 52 51 49 48 32 

Question B1c+B6b B4b B9b B15b calc

** Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia’s data are included in full in the dataset available at www.eac.gov.
8 0 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Tables 25, 26 and 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast as a Percentage of Transmitted; Counted, or Rejected as a Percentage of Cast for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B1, B3, B4, B8, B9, B13, and B15. Number of UOCAVA ballots submitted for counting as a percentage of transmitted ballots; counted, or rejected as a percentage of submitted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Note: The “Ballots Transmitted” in this table includes the numbers from B1 and the numbers from B6, as appropriate, to include the FWABs.

Question B1

Alabama Information contained herein was provided by the county Absentee Election Managers as reported to the Office of the Alabama Secretary of State. The responsibility for the accuracy of this data lies 

with the county elections officials.

Arkansas One jurisdiction indicated that non military civilians were overseas when the absentee process started; they came to the US for a short period and mailed the absentee ballot to them in the States. A 

second jurisdiction indicated that no absentee ballots were transmitted to uniformed and overseas citizens.

Arizona In the State of Arizona, UOCAVA ballots are allowed to be transmitted by mail, fax, or email. Of the 2,224 "Uniformed services voters" ballots sent, 449 were sent by email and 0 (zero) by fax. Of the 

2,295 "Non military/civilian overseas voters" ballots sent, 264 were sent by email and 5 were sent by fax. The remaining balance of UOCAVA ballots sent (3,806) were sent by mail (either through the 

US Post Office for domestic voters or via DHL International for overseas voters). Arizona also allows for a UOCAVA voter to indicate their preferred method for communication and transmission of their 

voting information and materials such as ballots. This method remains valid for the period of time that the UOCAVA voter noted on the Federal Post Card Application (up to 2 federal elections).

California One county indicated that the difference between B1b and B1c are 3 replacement ballots. A second county indicated that they do not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data. Answers 

in A and B are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Another county indicated that totals include 60-day issued ballots as well as 2nd issue ballots. Another county reported that most users of FPCA 

cards are simply in their file as “FPCA" without distinction as to military or civilian status. For regular VBM voters who were temporarily overseas and did not receive the original ballots sent, they 

returned FWAB ballots by fax. Due to conflicting deadlines between candidate filing for the State Senate District 1 (SD1) vacancy and the deadline for mailing UOCAVA voting packages; the official 

Placer County ballot sent to all eligible UOCAVA voters for the November election did not contain a list of qualified candidates for that race (only a place marker). To address this issue, all SD1 UOCAVA 

voters were sent both a regular Placer County ballot, and a blank Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot. Quantities have been indicated below. Although the Placer County Office of Elections generated 

FWABs for the SD1 vacancy race, they were not issued or managed in the Election Information Management System (EIMS). Because of this, the figures provided for each question regarding UOCAVA 

voters in this section and section F will reflect only ballots managed in EIMS while the SD1 FWAB reporting totals and a description for those totals will be provided in the comments area of each 

perspective question. B1a: 447 - Additional SD1 FWABs sent to UOCAVA voters. B1b: 219 - Additional SD1 FWABs sent to military voters (domestic and overseas). B1c: 228 - Additional SD1 FWABs 

sent to overseas civilian voters. Includes suspended ballots.

Colorado Where an elector has requested electronic ballot transmission, some counties' standard practice is to both mail the ballot and send it electronically. As a result, these ballots will be reflected twice in 

these totals.

Hawaii One jurisdiction indicated that B1c was civilian overseas and B1d was civilian’s residing overseas permanently.

Missouri One jurisdiction indicated that it received 1 FWAB, but did not transmit it.

New Jersey Transmitted = having mail date. Categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians.

New Mexico UOCAVA voter data are not characterized by uniform/nonmilitary. 

Nevada One jurisdiction indicated that the total includes re-issues for undeliverable ballots. A second jurisdiction indicated that these numbers reflect 6 voters who were in mailing precincts, which were 

included in the Election Day count, not with the absentees.

Ohio One jurisdiction indicated that it is pleased to have the FPCA valid for only 1 calendar year; it was difficult to keep track of the voters for the previous 2 year period. 

South Dakota One jurisdiction indicated that none were requested. A second jurisdiction reported the following breakdown in its comments: “OS Citizen: 2, Stateside Mil: 3, OS Mil: 1.” Another jurisdiction reported 

that one federal write in ballot was received. Another jurisdiction indicated that there were only 2 total civilians stateside. 

Tennessee Montgomery County indicated that it is the home to Fort Campbell Military Installation and therefore will always have more UOCAVA absentee requests than civilian requests. Another jurisdiction 

indicated that 1 ballot, mailed to Clarksville, TN (as requested), was sent by his wife overseas, because he was deployed. It was received in their office on December 2, 2010 - too late to count.
81 UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT REPORT • SURVEY FINDINGS, OCTOBER 2011

Tables 25, 26 and 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast as a Percentage of Transmitted; Counted, or Rejected as a Percentage of Cast for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B1, B3, B4, B8, B9, B13, and B15. Number of UOCAVA ballots submitted for counting as a percentage of transmitted ballots; counted, or rejected as a percentage of submitted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Note: The “Ballots Transmitted” in this table includes the numbers from B1 and the numbers from B6, as appropriate, to include the FWABs.

Question B3

Arkansas One jurisdiction reported that “2 were FWAB” and a second reported that “3 were FWAB”. Three counties responded to the data validation check and explained that “Pursuant to the question from the AP, 

the numbers that were reported to the AP were taken from the Power Profile database in December, 2010.” This could have been downloaded before the County Clerk entered in all of their data therefore, 

causing a discrepancy in numbers. The AP shows that Chicot County counted 147 Absentee ballots. The numbers that are being reported in the EAC Survey for Chicot County are 196 (1 UOCAVA, 195 

Domestic Civilian). In the second county, the AP shows that Drew County counted 117 Absentee ballots. In the third county, the AP shows that Lawrence County counted 88 Absentee ballots. The numbers 

that are being reported in the EAC Survey for Lawrence County are 98 (0 UOCAVA, 98 Domestic Civilian). The numbers that are being reported in the EAC Survey for Drew County are 146 (2 FWAB, 144 

Domestic Civilian). Clay County indicated that it only had absentee ballots. One County indicated that B3a was the “same as B2.” One county indicated that it “received 3 FWAB's” and a second indicated 

that it “received 1 FWAB.” One county explained that it received 2 FWABs that it did not send out. Another county explained that “According to the directions above for B3a, the number requested is the total 

number of ballots submitted for counting (this number includes both that were later counted, and those that were rejected). A breakdown of these ballots is as follows: 4(B1a) ballots were transmitted, 4 

(B3a) ballots were returned by voters and submitted for counting, 3 ballots were counted, 1 (B13a) ballot was rejected.” One jurisdiction reported that “one voter returned ballot from the Internet that he had 

printed off. Ballot was counted.” Finally, one county indicated that it received 4 UOCABA ballots that were transmitted and 2 FWAB Ballots.

Arizona Maricopa County had FWABs returned; however none were submitted for counting because the voters submitted regular absentee ballots.

California One county indicated that its system would not give a separate total for these ballots. A second county indicated that No FWAB ballots were received. A third jurisdiction indicated that “B3a: 13 - Returned 

SD1 FWABs.” 

Colorado In Colorado, a UOCAVA may submit a FWAB or SWAB as a safeguard. The State absentee will be counted if it is received by the deadline, otherwise the FWAB or SWAB will be counted. In addition, the 

number returned may differ from the number counted because in Colorado a UOCAVA may submit a FWAB or SWAB as a safeguard. The State absentee will be counted if it is received by the deadline, 

otherwise the FWAB or SWAB will be counted.

Florida One county indicated that B3a includes 2 absentee ballot rejects that were not captured in our voter registration database (VR); this is why B3a is different from B2a. Where possible data included in this 

survey reflects actual or true number of physical items or occurrences and not simply transactions automatically recorded by our software. The county is highly confident in the numbers provided. Another 

county indicated that B3a includes 1 FWAB (submitted by voter but not transmitted to voter). A third county indicated that 6 FWABs were received. 

Missouri Christian County reported that it counted the e-mailed ballots in with this total. A second county indicated that the B2a total is off by 2 voters because the ballots should be counted as FWAB. Laclede County 

reported that it did not have any FWABs. 

Mississippi One jurisdiction indicated that no Federal Write-In Ballots were transmitted for the 2010 General Election. Another county reported that when trying to “pull out of county it is only pulling two people without 

county marked.” 

New Jersey In New Jersey B3 is equal to Received + Accepted + Rejected ballots

New Mexico In New Mexico, B3 includes absentee ballots received that were not counted in the general election for reasons other than late receipt.

Nevada One county indicated that B3 includes 5 FWABs.

Ohio One jurisdiction explained that some FWABs were received, but the actual ballot was returned in time and was counted in the place of the FWAB. A second jurisdiction indicated that 8 Ballots were FWABs 

and 2 of the 8 ballots met the criteria to be counted and a third specified that B3 includes 5 regular ballots and 1 federal. Another jurisdiction indicated that other ballots came back as undeliverable. 

Oklahoma One county indicated that the only ballot returned in the county was a FWAB and it was counted.

South Dakota One jurisdiction specified that 1 was counted, 5 arrived too late, and 1 never requested a ballot. A second indicated that there were 2 total votes. A third jurisdiction explained that 123 + 8 (FWAB) = 131. 

Vermont One jurisdiciton explained that none were transmitted. 
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Tables 25, 26 and 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast as a Percentage of Transmitted; Counted, or Rejected as a Percentage of Cast for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B1, B3, B4, B8, B9, B13, and B15. Number of UOCAVA ballots submitted for counting as a percentage of transmitted ballots; counted, or rejected as a percentage of submitted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Note: The “Ballots Transmitted” in this table includes the numbers from B1 and the numbers from B6, as appropriate, to include the FWABs.

Question B4

Arkansas One county indicated that the “Voter Registration Rep, System” had been purged and the information was not retrievable to verify on 1/25/11. A second county indicated that this information was not 

applicable. 

Arizona Three counties indicated that they could not determine type of UOCAVA ballot by type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data. Its answers in B4-7a and B4-7b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated that 

most UOCAVA voters on the Los Angeles County file are categorized as FPCA Voters, without military/civilian distinction and that it does not keep separate counts of FWABs. One county indicated that it does 

not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. Another county indicated that it tracks all UOCAVA 

in the absentee module and does not separate the FWAB because it remakes the FWAB into a regular ballot; this keeps the ballots in balance. One county indicated that 2 FWAB voter registrations and 

ballots were received after the election. They are not part of any of these totals. Sierra County indicated that it is an all mail county.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive any other type of ballots outside of the UOCAVA and Regular Absentee Ballots.

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballot ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only.

Idaho A number of counties indicated that they do not track rejected UOCAVA Absentee Ballots by UOCAVA Type.

Kansas Leavenworth County rejected three UOCAVA ballots that were returned for the 2010 General Election. These ballots were sealed before they were identified as from overseas or domestic military members, 

or from overseas civilians. The county previously reported all of Leavenworth’s UOCAVA ballot information in B4c since the type of voter was unknown for three ballots. The totals were consistent with 

all other information provided on the survey, including B9 and B15 totals. The State changed Leavenworth County’s information in B4a, b, and c to reflect 47 UOCAVA ballots that were verifiably received 

from military voters, 9 UOCAVA ballots that were received from overseas civilians, and 3 ballots for which the type of voter is unknown. The clarification of 56 of the 59 ballots fixes the previous imbalance 

between UOCAVA military ballots returned, and UOCAVA military ballots counted as shown in B4a and B9a.

Mississippi Webster County indicated that it is all email.

New Jersey In New Jersey, for B4 the categorization is (same as B1) based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians. Only Received + Accepted 

+ Rejected.

New Mexico All UOCAVA voters are canvassed in the absentee component for New Mexico.

South Dakota Deuel County indicated that it is electronic (internet). 

Tennessee Lake County indicated that no ballots were returned.

Vermont One county indicated that it received 1 nonmilitary/civilian overseas ballot on November 4, 2010 which was too late to be submitted and too late to be counted.

Washington One county indicated that it has vote by mail ballots.
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Tables 25, 26 and 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast as a Percentage of Transmitted; Counted, or Rejected as a Percentage of Cast for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B1, B3, B4, B8, B9, B13, and B15. Number of UOCAVA ballots submitted for counting as a percentage of transmitted ballots; counted, or rejected as a percentage of submitted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Note: The “Ballots Transmitted” in this table includes the numbers from B1 and the numbers from B6, as appropriate, to include the FWABs.

Question B8

California One county indicated that B8a includes 13 returned SD1 FWABs. Another county indicated that B8 does not include its stateside military returned ballots because it currently has no method of tracking them 

separately from its Permanent Vote by Mail Voters. 

Florida One county indicated that all six FWABs were rejected and not counted; the county provided explanations in response to B14d through B14f. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B8 represents accepted ballots only.

Oklahoma In Oklahoma, B8a Total includes SWABs.

South Carolina In South Carolina, B3 includes all ballots returned. B14a shows ballots rejected for missing deadline. B3 minus B14a is the maximum number that could have been counted. This is represented in B8a. No 

data are available for UOCAVA ballots that were submitted on time but could have been challenged (provisional). Provisional data are collected, but provisional data do not differentiate between UOCAVA and 

non-UOCAVA. 

South Dakota One county indicated that there were only 2 UOCAVA voters stateside in the county.

Question B9

Arkansas Searcy County indicated that B9 is not applicable.

Arizona Three counties could not determine the type of UOCAVA ballot by the type of UOCAVA voter.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data; as such, answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County 

indicated that the majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does 

not have a method for tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county indicated that it tracks all 

UOCAVA in the absentee module and does not separate the FWABs because it remakes the FWABs into a regular ballot to keep the ballots in balance. Another county indicated that ballots in B9c 

were sent by mail but returned via postal mail or fax.

Iowa Iowa allows for special write-in absentee ballot ("submarine" ballots) for General Elections only.

New Jersey In New Jersey, the B9 categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians. 

Vermont The City of Burlington, Vermont indicated that it does not record spoiled/counted ballots by voter; responses for Burlington do not include ballots returned but spoiled at the polling place.

Virginia **Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia's data are included in full in the data available at www.eac.gov.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B9c and B11c responses include both military and overseas FWABs.
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Tables 25, 26 and 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast as a Percentage of Transmitted; Counted, or Rejected as a Percentage of Cast for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B1, B3, B4, B8, B9, B13, and B15. Number of UOCAVA ballots submitted for counting as a percentage of transmitted ballots; counted, or rejected as a percentage of submitted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Note: The “Ballots Transmitted” in this table includes the numbers from B1 and the numbers from B6, as appropriate, to include the FWABs.

Question B13

Alaska This number includes 35 FWAB ballots in which the voter's State ballot was received and processed instead of the FWAB.

Arkansas One county indicated that these ballots were not completed properly. Searcy County indicated that B13 was not applicable. 

Arizona One county indicated that these ballots were received after the deadline and were not included in the number transmitted and submitted for counting. A second county indicated that the total 

above includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day) and 1 FWAB that was illegible. Subtracting these 37 ballots, there were only 14 UOCAVA ballots that could have 

possibly been considered valid and were subsequently rejected.

Florida One county indicated that B13a includes two absentee rejects that were not captured in VR. A second county indicated that a voter sent one in, but never requested an absentee ballot. Three 

other counties explained that the ballots were received late.

Idaho One county indicated that this was a FWAB that was received after the election from a voter who had not requested an absentee ballot from the county; it was therefore rejected.

Massachusetts One county indicated that the ballot was received late.

Michigan In Michigan, decisions on rejected absentee ballots and FWABs are made in the clerk’s office before the ballots are submitted to the appropriate precinct board for counting.

Mississippi One county indicated that the ballots were received after the election was over. Another County indicated that 10 ballots were not returned. Another county explained that there were only 4 

ballots returned by the county. 

New Jersey In New Jersey, B13 represents rejected ballots only.

New Mexico One county indicated that B13 represents UOCAVA absentee ballots received for reasons other than late receipt.

Nevada One county indicated that 2 FWAB were not counted.

Ohio One county explained that the rejected ballot was mailed by the voter on November 18, 2010 and received by the Board of Elections on November 29, 2010. A second county explained that the 

rejected ballot was a FWAB but the voter was not qualified to vote in such a manner since he or she did not previously request an absentee ballot for the November 2, 2010 general election. A 

third county explained that it received the ballot too late and it was therefore rejected.

Oklahoma One county indicated that B13 includes both FWABs and SWABs that were rejected.

South Carolina In South Carolina, the ballots in B13 were not returned by the 7pm Election Day deadline. Data were not available for other ballots rejected.

South Dakota One county indicated that the ballot was rejected because the voter was not registered and was ineligible to vote. A second county indicated that the ballot was rejected because it was received 

too late. Another county indicated that there were only 2 total UOCAVA voters in the county.

Tennessee One county explained that 3 ballots were received too late (after the election) and 1 ballot was undeliverable.

Vermont One county indicated that a ballot was received late, on November 4, 2010; it was a non-military/civilian ballot. A second county indicated that the rejected ballot was received too late.

Washington One county explained that a voter faxed a ballot to the office but did not follow the instructions to also mail the original. The original would have had to have been received by certification in order 

to count the ballot. A second county indicated that the rejected ballot was received too late to count as it was past the certification date.
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Tables 25, 26 and 27. UOCAVA Ballots: Cast as a Percentage of Transmitted; Counted, or Rejected as a Percentage of Cast for All Voters; Uniformed; Civilian

Questions B1, B3, B4, B8, B9, B13, and B15. Number of UOCAVA ballots submitted for counting as a percentage of transmitted ballots; counted, or rejected as a percentage of submitted by type of voter.

General note: The Balance/Not Categorized column on the table compares the sum of all the categorical responses with the total indicated. If the balance is a positive number, the difference is treated as uncategorized 

responses. If the balance is a negative number (indicated by parentheses), the difference indicates the sum of the responses is greater than the total indicated; this could occur by an error in data entry or by the inability to 

correctly categorize some responses, resulting in some over-counting.

Note: The “Ballots Transmitted” in this table includes the numbers from B1 and the numbers from B6, as appropriate, to include the FWABs.

Question B15

Arkansas Two counties explained that they did not have any UOCAVA ballots that were rejected.

Arizona One county indicated that the total includes 37 ballots that were returned too late (after 7pm on Election Day). If it excludes those 37 ballots that were not real "countable" rejects, there were then only 

7 "Uniformed services voters" and 8 "Non-military/civilian overseas voters" (total of 15) that had possible "countable" ballots that were rejected.

California One county indicated that it does not catalog military/civilian data, only domestic/foreign data and answers in a and b are domestic/foreign, not military/civilian. Los Angeles County indicated that the 

majority of UOCAVA Voters on the Los Angeles County Vote By Mail file are simply categorized as "FPCA" without military/civilian distinction. One county indicated that it does not have a method for 

tracking stateside military returns, nor is it able to differentiate between ballots returned by overseas citizens and overseas military. One county explained that the ballots in B15c were sent by mail but 

returned via postal mail or fax.

Florida One county indicated that it did not receive other types of ballots that got rejected.

Hawaii For one county, B15a. categories report 15a and 15b combined.

Mississippi One county explained that there were no rejected ballots, but 3 were unprocessed. A second county indicated that 4 ballots were returned as undeliverable.

New Jersey In New Jersey, the B15 Categorization is based on “Type of Mail-In Ballot” under UOCAVA request types (U/C/E). Other=all other than military and overseas civilians and it only includes rejected ballots.

Nevada One county explained that a ballot was never returned.

Ohio One county indicated that the ballot is B15a is a civilian, not registered, FWAB ballot. A second County indicated that B15a & b excludes ballots returned as undeliverable.

South Carolina In South Carolina, there was no "other type" of UOCAVA ballot. In addition, no differentiation was made between state-issued ballots and FWABs. Data on ballots that were rejected only include ballots 

that missed the deadline. No data were available specifically for UOCAVA ballots rejected for other reasons (e.g., provisionals).

Tennessee One county explained that one was ballot received too late (November 5, 2010).

Virginia **Data provided by Virginia yielded inconsistent findings. The inconsistent data for Virginia were excluded from this table. Virginia's data are included in full in the data available at www.eac.gov.

Wisconsin In Wisconsin, B15c captures both military and overseas FWABs.
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APPENDIX B: QUESTIONNAIRE (UOCAVA Questions Only)

U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

2010 Election Administration & Voting Survey

The ongoing process of improving America’s election systems relies in part on having accurate data about the way Americans cast their 

ballots. In 2002, Congress chartered the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to collect information on the state of American elections and make it widely available to policy makers, advocates, scholars, journalists and the general public. Since 2004, the Commiss

has sponsored a biennial survey as its primary tool for fulfilling that mission. We are pleased to present the 2010 Election Administration

and Voting Survey, and we ask for your help in making it the most complete and accurate survey in its history

The questions below ask for information about ballots cast; voter registration; overseas and military voting; Election Day activities; 

voting technology; and other important issues. The section concerning the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Voting Act (UOCAVA)

serves as the EAC’s standardized format for state reporting of UOCAVA voting information as required by 42 U.S.C. §1973ff-1. States t

complete and timely submit this section to the EAC will fulfill their UOCAVA reporting requirement under 42 U.S.C. §1973ff-1(c). Additionally, EAC is mandated by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) to collection information from states concerning the impact

that statute on the administration of Federal elections. With this information EAC is required to make a report to Congress and provide

recommendations for the improvement of Federal and State procedures, forms, and other NVRA matters. States that timely respond to

all questions in this survey concerning voter registration related matters will meet their NVRA reporting requirements under 42 U.S.C.

1973gg-7 and EAC regulations

The EAC recognizes the burden that asking for this data places on state and local election officials, and we have worked to minimize 

that burden as much as possible.

In advance, we thank you for your cooperation and look forward to answering any questions you might have

Information supplied by:

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SECTION B UNIFORMED & OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT (UOCAVA)

Section B serves as the EAC’s standardized format for the state reporting of UOCAVA voting information as required 

by 42 U.S.C. §1973ff-1. States that complete and timely submit this section to the EAC will fulfill their UOCAVA 

reporting requirement under 42 U.S.C §1973ff-1(c). 

Pursuant UOCAVA, this section collects various data elements needed to determine: (1) the combined number of 

absentee ballots transmitted to UOCAVA voters; (2) the combined number of ballots returned by UOCAVA voters; 

and (3) the combined number of returned ballots cast by UOCAVA voters (the number of cast ballots is practically 

determined by collecting data concerning the total votes counted and rejected).

Roadmap to Section B:

• B1 and B2 ask for information about the number and type of UOCAVA absentee ballots transmitted.

• B3 asks for the number and type of all UOCAVA ballots returned and submitted for counting.

• B4, B5, B6, and B7 asks for information on the type of UOCAVA ballot returned by type of UOCAVA voter.

• B8 asks for the number and type of all UOCAVA ballots counted.

• B9, B10, B11, and B12 asks for information on the type of UOCAVA ballot counted by type of UOCAVA voter.

• B13 asks for the number and type of all UOCAVA ballots rejected.

• B14 asks for information on reasons why UOCAVA ballots were rejected.

• B15, B16, B17, and B18 asks for information on the type of UOCAVA ballot rejected by type of UOCAVA voter.

B1. Enter the total number of absentee ballots transmitted to UOCAVA voters for the November 2010 general election. 

Data not available

B1a. Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Next, divide the total number of absentee ballots transmitted to UOCAVA voters (as entered in B1a) into the 

following categories. The amounts should sum to the total provided in B1a.

Data not available

B1b. Uniformed services voters – domestic or foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ■

B1c. Non-military/civilian overseas voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ■

B1d.

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B2. Of the UOCAVA absentee ballots transmitted (as entered in B1a) how many were: 

Data not available

B2a. Returned by voter and submitted for counting (include both

those that were counted and those that were rejected) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 

B2b. Returned as undeliverable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 

B2c. Spoiled or replaced ballots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . ■ 

B2d.

B2e.

B2f.

B2g.

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 Other 

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B3. Enter the total number of all UOCAVA ballots (including regular UOCAVA absentee ballots and Federal Write-in 

Absentee Ballots (FWAB)) returned by UOCAVA voters and submitted for counting for the November 2010 general 

election. Please include both those ballots that were later counted and those that were rejected. Do not include 

ballots that were returned undeliverable.

Data not available

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B4a through B4c. Divide the total number of UOCAVA ballots returned by UOCAVA voters and submitted for counting 

(as entered in B3) into each category of UOCAVA voter below.

Next, for each type of UOCAVA voter, enter the number of:

• B5a through B5c: Regular UOCAVA absentee ballots returned and submitted for counting.

• B6a through B6c: FWAB returned and submitted for counting. 

• B7a through B7c: Other type of ballots returned and submitted for counting. 

4. All UOCAVA 

ballots

Of the total UOCAVA ballots returned (as entered in B3), 

how many were ballots of each of the following ballot types:

B5. Absentee 

ballots B6. FWAB

B7. Other type 

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Type of UOCAVA voter:

a. Uniformed services voters - 

domestic or foreign ■ ■ ■ ■

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overseas voters ■ ■ ■ ■

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B8. Enter the total number of all UOCAVA ballots (including regular UOCAVA absentee ballots and FWAB) counted in the 

November 2010 general election.

Data not available

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B9a through B9c. Divide the total number of UOCAVA ballots counted (as entered in B8) into each category of UOCAVA 

voter below.

Next, for each type of UOCAVA voter, enter the number of:

• B10a through B10c: Regular UOCAVA absentee ballots counted.

• B11a through B11c: FWAB counted. 

• B12a through B12c: Other type of ballots counted. 

B9. All UOCAVA 

ballots

Of the total UOCAVA ballots counted (as entered in B8), 

how many were ballots of each of the following ballot types:

B10. Absentee 

ballots B11. FWAB

B12. Other type 

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Type of UOCAVA voter:

a. Uniformed services voters - 

domestic or foreign ■ ■ ■ ■

b. Non-military/civilian 

overseas voters ■ ■ ■ ■

c. Other type of voter ➝

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B13. Enter the total number of UOCAVA ballots (including regular UOCAVA absentee ballots and FWAB) rejected in the 

November 2010 general election.

Data not available

 B13a. Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .■ . . . . . . . . . . 

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B14. Please divide the total number of all UOCAVA ballots rejected (as entered in B13a) into the following categories 

indicating the reason the absentee ballots were rejected. The amounts should sum to the total provided in B13a

Data not available

B14a. Ballot not received on time/missed deadline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 

B14b. Problem with voter signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 

B14c. Ballot lacked a postmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . ■ 

B14d.

B14e.

B14f. Other 

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B15a through B15c. Divide the total number of UOCAVA ballots rejected (as entered in B13) into each category of UOCAVA 

voter below.

Next, for each type of UOCAVA voter, enter the number of:

• B16a through B16c: Regular UOCAVA absentee ballots rejected.

• B17a through B17c: FWAB rejected. 

• B18a through B18c: Other type of ballots rejected. 

B15. All UOCAVA 

ballots

Of the total UOCAVA ballots counted (as entered in B13), 

how many were ballots of each of the following ballot types:

B16. Absentee 

ballots B17. FWAB

B18. Other type 

of ballot ➝

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NA

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NA

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Type of UOCAVA voter:

a. Uniformed services voters - 

domestic or foreign ■ ■ ■ ■

b. Non-military/civilian 

overseas voters ■ ■ ■ ■

c. Other type of voter ➝

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TOTAL B13

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EAC Commissioners

Commissioner, Gineen Bresso

Commissioner, Donetta Davidson

EAC Staff

Thomas Wilkey, Executive Director

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION