With 28 days till voting begins, ‘election season’ kicks off ahead of you assume

There are 88 days till Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

But if Americans vote like they did within the final two election cycles, most of them could have already forged 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 at the very least some voters the identical month.

It makes the subsequent few months much less a countdown to Election Day, and extra the start of “election season.”

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States have lengthy allowed at the very least some Americans to vote early, like members of the navy or folks with sicknesses. 

In some states, nearly 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 News Voter Analysis discovered that 71% of voters forged 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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Elections officers stress that voting early is protected 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 just a few methods to vote earlier than Election Day.

The first 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. This can also be referred to as mail voting, or generally absentee voting. Depending 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 totally different instances. Some states don’t start counting ballots till election night time, 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 first 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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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 & abroad
• Minnesota, South Dakota – In-person absentee voting begins
• Virginia – In-person early voting begins
• Indiana, 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 & abroad
• Indiana, New Mexico – Absentee ballots despatched
• Maryland, New Jersey – Mail-in ballots despatched

Sept. 23

• Mississippi – In-person absentee voting begins & absentee ballots despatched
• Oregon, Vermont – Absentee ballots despatched

Sept. 26

• Illinois – In-person early voting begins 
• Michigan – Absentee ballots despatched
• Florida, Nevada – Mail-in ballots despatched
• North 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 despatched
• California – In-person absentee voting begins & mail ballots despatched
• Montana – In-person absentee voting begins
• Nebraska – In-person early voting begins 
• Georgia – Absentee ballots despatched
• Massachusetts – Mail-in ballots despatched

Oct. 8

• California – Ballot drop-offs open
• New Mexico, Ohio – In-person absentee voting begins
• Indiana – In-person early voting begins
• Wyoming – 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 despatched
• Arkansas, Alaska – Absentee ballots despatched

Oct. 15

• Georgia – In-person early voting begins
• Utah – Mail-in ballots despatched

Oct. 16

• Rhode Island, Kansas, Tennessee – In-person early voting begins
• Iowa – In-person absentee voting begins
• Oregon, Nevada – Mail-in ballots despatched

Oct. 17

• North Carolina – In-person early voting begins 

Oct. 18

• Washington, Louisiana – In-person early voting begins
• Hawaii – 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 – Ballot 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