Early votes in the 2020 U.S. presidential election hit 69.6 million on Tuesday, according to the United States Election Project. This represents more than half of the total 137 million ballots cast in the 2016 presidential election. The data came in the “2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics” published on the website of the body, which serves as an information source for the country’s electoral system. A breakdown of the early vote figure shows that 46.5 million ballots were cast through mail and 23.1 million through in-person voting. Election Project said no fewer than 30 million requested mail ballots had not been returned, with deadlines for absentee ballots near.

Source: Punch October 28, 2020 08:37 UTC