Number of Provisional Ballots Not Counted in US Elections
According to the Election Assistance Commission thousands of provisional ballots are not counted each election.
2004 US Election
In the 2004 US Election 35.5 percent of all provisional ballots cast were discarded for various reasons. This meant a total of 675,676 votes were not counted. See 2004 EAC report here.
2006 US Election
In the 2006 US Election 20.5 percent of all provisional ballots cast were discarded for various reasons. This meant a total of 170,872 votes which were cast provisionally were not counted. See 2006 EAC report here.
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