NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- More than 28,000 New York City residents who voted in the presidential election sent in absentee ballots that were deemed “preliminarily invalid” — but nearly half of those ballots can be fixed, the Board of Elections said.
As of Nov. 9, the New York City Board of Elections had received 713,536 absentee ballots, the agency tweeted Tuesday.
Approximately 28,541 of those ballots were found to be “preliminarily invalid,” but around 11,416 of them are “eligible to be cured,” the board said.
A ballot can be deemed invalid if its envelope is lacking information, including a valid date and signature, the board noted.
Voters whose ballots are eligible to be cured will be notified directly, the agency said, but New Yorkers can also check the status of their ballots via the Board of Elections’ online portal.