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U.S. Election Assistance Commission Announces Winners of the 2020 Clearinghouse Awards
March 04 , 2021

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Announces Winners of the 2020 Clearinghouse Awards

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Donald Palmer Begins Term as EAC Chairman

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Two bar graphs, one showing the number of by-mail ballots transmitted, returned, and status unknown in presidential elections years (2008, 2012, 2016) and the other bar graph showing the number of by-mail ballots transmitted, returned, and status unknown in midterm election years (2010, 2014, 2018). For 2008, 28,465,784 ballots were transmitted, 23,073,382 ballots were returned, and 1,605,620 ballots were deemed status unknown. For 2012, 33,070,385 ballots were transmitted, 27,624,254 ballots were returned,
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