Stutsman County reported no mail-in ballots arriving late after Election Day in the first North Dakota election held under the new absentee-ballot deadline.
County officials credited the result to local voter outreach. Those officials say people called residents who applied for absentee ballots in late May or early June, close to the election, to let them know ballots had to now be received by the county auditor by the time polls closed on Election Day.
Under the old law, ballots postmarked the day before Election Day could still count if they arrived within 13 days after the election.
According to reporting from The North Dakota Monitor, other counties did report late ballots. The Monitor reported Burleigh County received 37, Stark County received seven, and Cass County received fewer than 20.
The State Canvassing Board certified the June primary results Wednesday. North Dakota finished with 125,225 ballots cast and turnout of 20.86 percent.
The Secretary of State’s Office says more voter education is planned before the November general election.
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