Tens of thousands left the president option blank, though ‘undervotes’ were down from 2016 – USA Today

Tens of thousands left the president option blank, though ‘undervotes’ were down from 2016 – USA Today

On November 11th, USA Today published an article profiling voters who went to the polls and purposely left their pick for president blank – an act known as an “undervote.” Independent Voting President Jacqueline Salit is quoted in the article in relation to the outspoken nature of this act. Salit said “People just saw this election as an opportunity to make a statement about the direction of the country.”

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