More than 100 million before the vote for the US presidential elections … 73% of all votes in 2016 | Voice of america

With more than 100 million pre-voting voters in this year’s US presidential election, we reached a record number of two-thirds of all presidential voters in 2016. Meanwhile, there are GOP demands challenging the legitimacy of the pre -vote. Reporter Ji Da-gyeom reports.

This year’s US presidential election is expected to be the highest previously voted in history, with an estimated number of more than 100 million previous voters.

The U.S. Election Project, a pre-voting website operated by the University of Florida, reported that as of 3 p.m. on the 3rd, approximately 11.17 million (101,167,740) voters had previously voted.

Specifically, 65.25 million people (65,244,687 people), or 64.5% of the total, voted by mail, and about 3,592 million people (35,923,053 people) voted early on the site.

In addition, out of a total of 50 states, California, with approximately 12.1 million (12,090,534) pre-voting, was the state with the most pre-voting, followed by Texas and Florida.

The U.S. Election Project explained that the number of voters who previously voted this year represented about 73.4%, or more than two-thirds, of the total number of votes in the 2016 presidential election.

In particular, in some states, such as Texas, Washington, Montena and Hawaii, the number of pre-voters has already been found to exceed the total number of voters in the 2016 presidential election.

Professor Michael McDonald of the University of Florida, who runs a pre-voting site, predicted that in the analysis published on the 1st, we could witness a “record turnout” in this presidential election.

Professor McDonald’s predicts that 162 million people, or 67% of the total 239 million people who can register as voters, will participate in presidential elections.

Meanwhile, legal action by the Republican Party against the pre-vote has also continued.

According to Bloomberg News and the Washington Post, the Republican Party filed a lawsuit against Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on Day 3.

Republicans alleged that Montgomery County officials illegally allowed the counting of vote-by-mail ballots before Election Day.

In response, a Montgomery County spokesperson argued that the electoral process was reliable.

The United States federal court in Texas dismissed a Republican Party lawsuit demanding that more than 127,000 drive-through votes be invalidated in Harris County on February 2, alleging it violates federal law.

President Trump and Republicans have also criticized the Supreme Court’s decision to count mail-in votes in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, respectively, which arrived three and nine days after Election Day.

President Trump also hinted at a legal response to a vote-by-mail vote in Pennsylvania in the future.

President Trump strongly accused Pennsylvania of collecting ballots after an election in Pennsylvania as “a terrible thing” and that the Supreme Court decision was a “horrible decision” for the United States.

[녹취: 트럼프 대통령 (11월 1일)] “I think it is a terrible decision of the Supreme Court, a terrible decision. Now, I don’t know if that is going to change, because we will go at night, as soon as the elections are over, we will go with our lawyers ”.

President Trump said he is not sure whether he will change the Supreme Court decision, but will discuss the matter with lawyers on Election Day.

While early voting is commonly known to favor Democrats, President Trump and former Democratic Party Vice President Joe Biden have taken different positions on early voting, including voting by mail.

Biden, who supported voting by mail, in the first presidential debate on September 29, encouraged them to vote their best.

[녹취: 바이든 후보 (9월 29일)] “Vote, vote, vote. If you can vote early in your state, vote early. If you can vote in person, vote in person. Vote in the way that is best for you, because he cannot help but determine the outcome of this election. ”

Despite the pros and cons of early voting, some point out that a record early voting could lead to more independent voters.

Professor McDonald of the University of Florida argues that the record early turnout suggests that the turnout of independent voters in this year’s presidential election will be higher than in 2016.

Professor McDonald said that increased participation of independent voters in the presidential elections could go beyond mere partisan differences and make a “significant contribution” to election results.

This is the news from VOA, Dagyeom Ji.