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Early voting began on the 18th (local time) in four states, including Minnesota, Virginia, Wyoming and South Dakota, according to local media such as the New York Times. Virginia has 13, Minnesota has 10, and Wyoming and South Dakota have three.
US presidential election methods include voting by mail, early voting at the site, and voting at the site on Election Day. Early voting is a system introduced to increase turnout and avoid congestion on Election Day. The provincial government can set an early voting period within a certain period of time and wait until election day, and then the votes are counted. It is a method similar to absentee voting in Korea.
Voting by mail was expected to be preferred because of the crown, but when pre-voting took place that day, more voters than expected turned out to be at the polling place, the Washington Post reported. Those who predicted that large numbers of voters would quickly go to the polls on Election Day November 3, went out to vote early.
It seems that some of the anxiety about voting by mail also played a role. US President Donald Trump has always argued that voting by mail can lead to election rigging. CNN reported that the US Postal Service also reported that it was unable to process absentee ballots on time due to a lack of budget. As a result, the number of people on the scene exceeded expectations.
There was a reported four-hour wait at a polling place in Fairfax County, Virginia. According to the WP, by noon that day, 300 people had voted, at least 300 people were standing on the grass outside the office building, and some were camped out on benches on the grass. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said: “Interest in early voting is higher than in 2016.”
President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden visited Minnesota that day. President Trump lost in Minnesota about 1.5 percentage points during the last presidential election. Political analysis outlet RealClearpolitics reported that candidate Biden was an average of 10.2 percentage points ahead of President Trump in major polls.
