With just 17 days until Election Day, more than 22.2 million people have voted in the general election either in person or through the mail, according to figures from 42 states and the District of Columbia compiled by the Associated Press. For comparison, more than 58 million early ballots were cast in 2016 out of more than 136 million.
Through Friday, at least 10 states had already exceeded the amount of early votes they received during the entire 2016 election. That includes the competitive states of Pennsylvania, Minnesota and New Hampshire…
The pandemic is also changing how Americans approach voting this election, with many avoiding crowding into polling locations on Election Day by voting by mail or early in person. The potential for late changes to deadlines due to partisan legal battles and worries about the integrity of the electoral process are also weighing on the minds of voters in several states.
Jan-Gregory D’Aguiar, a 41-year-old Democrat in Atlanta, said his household was splitting up how they would cast their ballots to increase the odds their votes would be properly counted.
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