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There are 85 days till Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
But when People vote like they did within the final two election cycles, most of them may have already solid a poll earlier than the massive day.
Early voting begins as quickly as Sept. 6 for eligible voters, with seven battleground states sending out ballots to a minimum of some voters the identical month.
It makes the following few months much less a countdown to Election Day, and extra the start of “election season.”
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Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Getty Pictures)
States have lengthy allowed a minimum of some People to vote early, like members of the navy or folks with diseases.
In some states, virtually each voter casts a poll by mail.
Many states expanded eligibility in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic made it riskier to vote in-person.
That yr, the Fox Information Voter Evaluation discovered that 71% of voters solid their ballots earlier than Election Day, with 30% voting early in-person and 41% voting by mail.
Early voting remained widespread within the midterms, with 57% of voters casting a poll earlier than Election Day.
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A voter fills out a poll in Lake Orion, Michigan. (Nic Antaya/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
Elections officers stress that voting early is secure and safe. Recounts, investigations and lawsuits filed after the 2020 election didn’t reveal proof of widespread fraud or corruption.
The distinction between “early in-person” and “mail” or “absentee” voting.
There are a couple of methods to vote earlier than Election Day.
The primary is early in-person voting, the place a voter casts an everyday poll in-person at a voting middle earlier than Election Day.
The second is voting by mail, the place the method and eligibility varies by state.
Eight states vote largely by mail, together with California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. Registered voters obtain ballots and ship them again.
Most states permit any registered voter to request a mail poll and ship it again. That is additionally referred to as mail voting, or generally absentee voting. Relying on the state, voters can return their poll by mail, at a drop field, and/or at an workplace or facility that accepts mail ballots.
In 14 states, voters will need to have an excuse to vote by mail, starting from sickness, age, work hours or if a voter is out of their residence county on Election Day.
States course of and tabulate ballots at completely different occasions. Some states don’t start counting ballots till election evening, which delays the discharge of outcomes.
Voting begins on Sept. 6 in North Carolina, with seven extra battleground states beginning that month
This listing of early voting dates is for steerage solely. For complete and up-to-date info on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, go to Vote.gov and your state’s elections web site.
The primary voters to be despatched absentee ballots will likely be in North Carolina, which begins mailing out ballots for eligible voters on Sept. 6.
Seven extra battleground states open up early voting the identical month, together with Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada.
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Early voters solid their ballots in Ferndale, Michigan. (Nic Antaya/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
September deadlines
In-person early voting in daring.
Sept. 6
North Carolina – Absentee ballots despatched to voters
Sept. 16
Pennsylvania – Mail-in ballots despatched to voters
Sept. 17
Georgia – Absentee ballots despatched to navy & abroad
Sept. 19
Wisconsin – Absentee ballots despatched
Sept. 20
Arkansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, Wyoming – Absentee ballots despatched to navy & overseasMinnesota, South Dakota – In-person absentee voting beginsVirginia – In-person early voting beginsIndiana, Kentucky, West Virginia – Absentee ballots despatched
Sept. 21
Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington – Absentee ballots despatched to navy & overseasIndiana, New Mexico – Absentee ballots sentMaryland, New Jersey – Mail-in ballots despatched
Sept. 23
Mississippi – In-person absentee voting begins & absentee ballots sentOregon, Vermont – Absentee ballots despatched
Sept. 26
Illinois – In-person early voting begins Michigan – Absentee ballots sentFlorida, Nevada – Mail-in ballots sentNorth Dakota – Absentee & mail-in ballots despatched
Sept. 30
Nebraska – Mail-in ballots despatched
October deadlines
Oct. 4
Connecticut – Absentee ballots despatched
Oct. 6
Michigan – In-person early voting begins Maine – In-person absentee voting begins & mail ballots sentCalifornia – In-person absentee voting begins & mail ballots sentMontana – In-person absentee voting beginsNebraska – In-person early voting begins Georgia – Absentee ballots sentMassachusetts – Mail-in ballots despatched
Oct. 8
California – Poll drop-offs openNew Mexico, Ohio – In-person absentee voting beginsIndiana – In-person early voting beginsWyoming – In-person absentee voting begins & absentee ballots despatched
Oct. 9
Arizona – In-person early voting begins & mail ballots despatched
Oct. 11
Colorado – Mail-in ballots sentArkansas, Alaska – Absentee ballots despatched
Oct. 15
Georgia – In-person early voting beginsUtah – Mail-in ballots despatched
Oct. 16
Rhode Island, Kansas, Tennessee – In-person early voting beginsIowa – In-person absentee voting beginsOregon, Nevada – Mail-in ballots despatched
Oct. 17
North Carolina – In-person early voting begins
Oct. 18
Washington, Louisiana – In-person early voting beginsHawaii – Mail-in ballots despatched
Oct. 19
Nevada, Massachusetts – In-person early voting begins Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas – In-person early voting begins Colorado – Poll drop-offs open
Oct. 22
Hawaii, Utah – In-person early voting begins Missouri, Wisconsin – In-person absentee voting begins
Oct. 23
West Virginia – In-person early voting begins
Oct. 24
Maryland – In-person early voting begins
Oct. 25
Delaware – In-person early voting begins
Oct. 26
Michigan, Florida, New Jersey, New York – In-person early voting begins
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Oct. 30
Oklahoma – In-person early voting begins
Oct. 31
Kentucky – In-person absentee voting begins
Kellianne Jones is the Senior Coordinating Producer of Politics for Fox Information Channel.
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