Swing State Determinations, Could Hinge on Rejected Mail-In Ballots.<br />Mail-in ballots are predicted to comprise <br />nearly 60 percent of all the votes<br />in the 2020 presidential election.<br />That equates to nearly 70 million people.<br />Voting experts say that the rejection rate of absentee<br />ballots could hover around one to two percent.<br /> or more than one million ballots.<br />This means that in battleground states, <br />ballots that aren't counted could potentially <br />equate to more votes for the losing candidate.<br />The vote-by-mail ballot rejections are going to be the hanging chads of 2000, Daniel Smith, Political Science Professor University of Florida, via NBC News.<br />Ballot rejection rates among people of color, women <br />and younger voters have historically been higher.<br />Ballot rejection rates are <br />also often higher in states where <br />mail-in ballots are less common.<br />Such states include the battlegrounds of Wisconsin, <br />Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Nevada.<br />2020 mail-in ballots have already reached record numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic