Some mail-in ballots were rejected in the Massachusetts primary.
Just how many? That figure is 17,872, the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office told CBS Boston. That means 1.72 percent of the ballots for those who voted by mail did not count.
The U.S. Senate may confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court at some point this fall, and some Massachusetts politicians are pointing to it as a reason to expand abortion access in the state.
