Early Voting Data Indicate Mail-In Voting Won’t Be as Prominent in 2024

Despite setting first-day records in several states, early voting patterns appear similar to those in recent elections cycles.
Early Voting Data Indicate Mail-In Voting Won’t Be as Prominent in 2024
Allegheny County Election Division Deputy Manager Chet Harhut carries a container of mail-in ballots from a secure area at the elections warehouse in Pittsburgh on April 18, 2024. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo
John Haughey
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Nearly 70 percent of the more than 154.6 million Americans who voted in the 2020 election did so by “nontraditional means,” with 43 percent voting by mail and 26 percent casting ballots in person before Election Day in the 47 states that offer early voting, according to the Census Bureau.

About 67 percent of Americans who were eligible to vote cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record overall turnout that saw a 73 percent boost in “nontraditional voting methods” from 2016, with many states discouraging in-person Election Day voting during the COVID-19 pandemic.

John Haughey
John Haughey
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John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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