So, they submitted requests for absentee ballots on the last day of eligibility, a week before the primary. For instance, about 14,000 absentee voters never got their ballots in Wisconsin, a state Trump carried in 2016 by only about 23,000 votes. About 97% of primary voters cast absentee ballots in Maryland, which held a nearly all-mail election for the first time ever. Lawton was one of about 14,000 voters in Wisconsin who never got the absentee ballots they requested, according to a spokesman from the Wisconsin Elections Commission. A spokeswoman from the DC Board of Elections said they sent emergency email ballots to about 750 eligible voters who never got their absentee ballots.

Source: CNN June 20, 2020 09:45 UTC