TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A newspaper reports that about two-thirds of the more than 27,000 provisional ballots cast in the 2004 election were rejected.

The Tallahassee Democrat looked at reports provided by the state's 67 county supervisors of elections. Most ballots were thrown out because the voter was not registered in that county.

More than 11 percent of the ballots were tossed aside because the voter was in the wrong precinct.

Another 7.2 percent were cast out because the voter had been purged from the voting rolls, because either the voter hadn't voted lately or was deemed a felon.

Provisional ballots give elections officials more time to verify ballots of voters whose eligibility was in question.