Top campaign advisers are also mapping out a post-election strategy centered in part on challenging mail ballots that do not have postmarks, as The Post previously reported. ADBoth sides agree that the race for the White House could come down to a fight over which mail ballots are counted. ADThe number of mail ballots rejected in 23 states in this year’s primaries outstrips the nearly 319,000 mail and absentee ballots that were thrown out nationwide in the 2016 general election. Some states are poised to begin sending voters mail ballots for the fall elections as soon as next month. ADADIn eight battleground states, more than 125,100 ballots were rejected by election officials in this year’s primaries, according to data compiled by The Post.

Source: Washington Post August 23, 2020 21:58 UTC