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notice and cure
Coverage of notice and cure in the Nexus archive.
- New study finds that ballot curing helps more mail ballots get counted
A University of Pennsylvania study on the 2024 Pennsylvania election found that notifying voters of mail ballot errors and allowing them to fix defects before Election Day significantly increased the number of counted votes. Counties using methods like automatically returning or replacing defective ballots saw higher correction rates, with one county reporting a doubled cure rate and reduced provisional ballots.