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According to the “US Elections Project,” the website that collects information on early voting for presidential elections in the United States, 80 million 416 thousand 541 people have so far voted by mail and voting at the polls.
The first votes cast so far were claimed to correspond to 58.3 percent of the total votes cast in the 2016 presidential election.
The number of votes cast by mail exceeded 52 million and more than 28 million people chose to cast their vote at polling stations.
While Texas stands out as the states with the most early voting in the country with more than 8 million 525 thousand votes, California 8 million 478 thousand and Florida 7 million 385 thousand votes, it is reported that voters across the country demand more than 91 million of ballots for vote by mail.
Professor Michael McDonald, director of the University of Florida website, said in an earlier statement that allowing early voting by mail or at the polls in many states due to the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic is the factor. Main in the record increase in the number of voters in these elections. had.
Based on early voting rates, McDonald predicted that 150 million votes could be cast in elections, corresponding to 65 percent of voters, noting that the largest turnout was expected in elections since 1908.
