[dukeofdoom]

The fact check does not prove a lie. At most it proves that Trump is not making the statement based on publicly available data. Since the final rejection rate for 2020 have not yet been released.

From the fact check:

"Georgia rejected 6.42% of mail-in ballots in total in the 2016 general election "

"The higher percentage he mentions for past years is likely based off the total rejected ballots (here) which can not be compared with 2020, as this information is not available."

[dukeofdoom]

This site seem have the most up to date numbers. "Rejected absentee/mail-in ballots as a percentage of total absentee/mail-in ballots returned, 2016-2020"

Georgia 2016 6.42%

Georgia 2020 .60%

Source https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2020:_Analysis_of_...

Which cites the official Georgia election website as source of the raw data.

[newacct583]

The Reuters link specifically addresses that: it's a tabulation error, the older data shows ballots rejected for all causes, the 2020 data is limited to those rejected for signature mismatches only, they haven't released the all-cause number yet. And the signature rejection numbers broadly match up, both being sub-1%.

[disgrunt]

It isn't just Georgia. The other states reporting have a order of magnitude drop in absentee ballot rejections. Seems like a problem?