Swing State Changes Mail-In Ballot Rules At Last Minute Before the Election

Due to the new updates, election officials are directed not to approve an absentee ballot if it fails to meet a number of state-mandated requirements.

Election officials made a last-minute change to mail-in ballot rules just hours before tens of thousands of ballots were set to go out to voters.

The new guidelines determine when ballots must be rejected — including cases involving mismatched signatures, multiple ballots stuffed into the same envelope, and improper ballot delivery — and the timing of the change sparked a sharp fight among election officials.