2018 General Election
Final turnout. The figures are the State Board's certified canvass reports: ballots cast (whether or not they were counted), the ballots counted, and the certified turnout percentage. The percentage is the board's own: its official turnout sheet's ballots cast over the register that sheet itself prints. Registers moved between eras — the 2018, 2022 and 2024 sheets divide by active registration alone; the 2026 turnout guide's eligible is everyone registered who is not incomplete or cancelled, active and inactive together.
The two mail-in figures above are different certified records. Vote by mail is the mode of voting: the turnout-by-mode report's count of ballots cast by mail. Mail-in ballots received back is the certified mail-in report's envelope count: 120,517 envelopes returned, dispositioned as 118,215 accepted and 2,302 rejected. The report's note covers ballots requested or automatically sent, Federal write-in absentee ballots included — ballots cast versus envelopes returned, so the two figures are not the same measure.
Rejected mail-in ballots — why
| Reason | Ballots |
|---|---|
| Late for election | 1,219 |
| Board Action | 480 |
| No signature | 322 |
| No absentee ballot application | 75 |
| Voted more than one ballot | 64 |
| Surrendered absentee ballot at polls | 51 |
| Identifying Mark on Ballot | 43 |
| Original state absentee ballot received (FWAB rejected) | 24 |
| Identification was received but did not satisfy the identification requirements | 13 |
| Identification of DL# or SS# was not timely received | 7 |
| Used Agent and Ballot Envelope not sealed | 4 |
Rejected provisional ballots — why
| Reason | Ballots |
|---|---|
| 01 - Applicant is not registered to vote | 4,257 |
| 02 - Applicant returned a voted absentee ballot or already voted | 179 |
| 10 - No provisional ballot or more than one provisional ballot in envelope | 173 |
| 07 - Incomplete information was provided on the application | 143 |
| 04 - No signature on application | 120 |
| 08 - DL# or SS# was received but was not verified | 113 |
| 15 - Applicant is not 18 years old by the general election | 106 |
| 05 - Applicant not eligible to receive a provisional ballot | 72 |
| 06 - Identification or DL# or SS# was not timely received | 62 |
| 15 - Proof of residency was not timely received | 53 |
| 09 - Identification was received but did not satisfy the identification requirements | 3 |
| 03 - Applicant voted the wrong party primary ballot | 1 |
| 14 - Identifying mark on the ballot | 1 |
| 16 - Proof of residency was timely received but did not satisfy the requirements | 1 |
The same figures by area: by county · by congressional district.
Every row is one of the State Board's press-room snapshots, listed on the About page; the numbers behind this page are downloadable under Data.