Elections

Absentee Voting by County
County	Ballots Sent	Ballots Received		Ballots Accepted		Ballots Rejected
Allegany	752	671	89.2%	658	98.1%	13	1.9%
Anne Arundel	5,398	4,185	77.5%	4,068	97.2%	117	2.8%
Baltimore City	4,288	3,681	85.8%	3,590	97.5%	91	2.5%
Baltimore County	6,636	5,235	78.9%	5,150	98.4%	85	1.6%
Calvert	831	692	83.3%	674	97.4%	18	2.6%
Caroline	223	201	90.1%	198	98.5%	3	1.5%
Carroll	1,430	1,257	87.9%	1,240	98.6%	17	1.4%
Cecil	638	562	88.1%	552	98.2%	10	1.8%
Charles	1,041	906	87.0%	873	96.4%	33	3.6%
Dorchester	443	405	91.4%	404	99.8%	1	0.2%
Frederick	2,156	1,831	84.9%	1,783	97.4%	48	2.6%
Garrett	419	378	90.2%	375	99.2%	3	0.8%
Harford	2,078	1,861	89.6%	1,807	97.1%	54	2.9%
Howard	3,421	2,916	85.2%	2,851	97.8%	65	2.2%
Kent	508	457	90.0%	449	98.2%	8	1.8%
Montgomery	15,912	13,349	83.9%	13,054	97.8%	295	2.2%
Prince George’s	6,805	5,651	83.0%	5,394	95.5%	257	4.5%
Queen Anne’s	730	653	89.5%	638	97.7%	15	2.3%
St. Mary’s	982	859	87.5%	847	98.6%	12	1.4%
Somerset	242	213	88.0%	210	98.6%	3	1.4%
Talbot	1,087	997	91.7%	977	98.0%	20	2.0%
Washington	1,423	1,286	90.4%	1,255	97.6%	31	2.4%
Wicomico	1,270	1,136	89.4%	1,108	97.5%	28	2.5%
Worcester	1,108	964	87.0%	939	97.4%	25	2.6%
State Totals	59,821	50,346	84.2%	49,094	97.5%	1,252	2.5%
1. This table includes Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWABs) received by the local boards of elections.

Reasons for Rejecting Absentee Ballots
Used agent & ballot envelope not sealed	0	0.0%
Board action	34	2.7%
Voter cancelled	0	0.0%
Voter deceased	6	0.5%
Voter is convicted felon	0	0.0%
Identifying mark on the ballot	24	1.9%
Identification was received but did not satisfy requirements	31	2.5%
Identification or DL# or SS# was not timely received	8	0.6%
Late for election	602	48.1%
Voted more than one ballot	14	1.1%
No signature	511	40.8%
No absentee ballot application	12	1.0%
Not a registered voter	2	0.2%
Surrendered absentee ballot at polls	7	0.6%
Original State absentee ballot received (FWAB rejected)	1	0.1%
Total	1,252

Provisional Voting by County
County	Provisional Ballots Cast	# Accepted In Full		# Accepted In Part		# Rejected
Allegany	220	131	59.5%	18	8.2%	71	32.3%
Anne Arundel	5,169	3,442	66.6%	28	0.5%	1,699	32.9%
Baltimore City	4,178	1,697	40.6%	84	2.0%	2,397	57.4%
Baltimore County	5,447	2,107	38.7%	169	3.1%	3,171	58.2%
Calvert	868	648	74.7%	0	0.0%	220	25.3%
Caroline	139	99	71.2%	0	0.0%	40	28.8%
Carroll	825	708	85.8%	0	0.0%	117	14.2%
Cecil	378	237	62.7%	0	0.0%	141	37.3%
Charles	2,113	870	41.2%	0	0.0%	1,243	58.8%
Dorchester	217	156	71.9%	0	0.0%	61	28.1%
Frederick	1,533	1,043	68.0%	0	0.0%	490	32.0%
Garrett	71	46	64.8%	0	0.0%	25	35.2%
Harford	1,398	947	67.7%	10	0.7%	441	31.5%
Howard	3,430	2,431	70.9%	31	0.9%	968	28.2%
Kent	96	46	47.9%	0	0.0%	50	52.1%
Montgomery	11,707	7,379	63.0%	2,917	24.9%	1,411	12.1%
Prince George’s	13,632	4,731	34.7%	0	0.0%	8,901	65.3%
Queen Anne’s	719	661	91.9%	0	0.0%	58	8.1%
St. Mary’s	434	242	55.8%	0	0.0%	192	44.2%
Somerset	97	36	37.1%	0	0.0%	61	62.9%
Talbot	186	114	61.3%	3	1.6%	69	37.1%
Washington	605	385	63.6%	84	13.9%	136	22.5%
Wicomico	363	200	55.1%	0	0.0%	163	44.9%
Worcester	213	81	38.0%	0	0.0%	132	62.0%
State Totals	54,038	28,437	52.6%	3,344	6.2%	22,257	41.2%
1. This table includes provisional ballots cast during regular voting hours and all paper ballots cast during extended hours.

Reasons for Rejecting Provisional Ballots
1 – Not registered to vote	2,503	11.2%
2 – Voted in wrong election district/ward	2,938	13.2%
3 – Voted absentee or already voted	150	0.7%
4 – Voted wrong primary ballot	6,037	27.1%
5 – No signature on application	1,809	8.1%
6 – Not eligible to receive provisional ballot	8,233	37.0%
7 – ID or DL# or SS# not timely received	147	0.7%
8 – Incomplete information on application	130	0.6%
9 – DL# or SS# received but not verified	139	0.6%
10 – ID received but not acceptable	18	0.1%
11 – No ballot or more than one ballot	114	0.5%
12 – No evidence to support unit malfunction	31	0.1%
13 – Identity challenge upheld	0	0.0%
14 – Order extending voting hours invalidated	0	0.0%
15 – Identifying mark on ballot	8	0.0%
Total	22,257

2008 Presidential Election - Election Related Statistics