Early Voting

After seeing how voting by mail helped lead to a record number of voters casting ballots in the 2020 election, Secretary of State William Galvin said Tuesday he would file legislation this month to make the option a permanent fixture of the Massachusetts voting system. Galvin said his bill would also expand in-person early voting and implement same-day voter registration…

Changes to the way millions of Americans voted this year contributed to record turnout, but that’s no guarantee the measures making it easier to cast ballots will stick around for future elections

NBCLX Political Reporter Noah Pransky breaks down voter turnout by age so far this election, with only 23% of the votes coming from Americans under the age of 30 and the majority coming from voters 65 and older.

On the eve of Election Day, John Fortier of the Bipartisan Policy Democracy Project explains what you need to know to interpret the presidential race results as they begin rolling in on Election Night. What do the historic surges in early voting mean for President Trump and Joe Biden, and how can the Electoral College hand the White House to...

It’s time to remake our electoral map so voters are prepared for a “red mirage” and “blue mirage” on Election Night

Forget the red and blue election map. The most important map to watch on Election Night is one that shows when each state starts counting its early ballots. The differing rules states use to prioritize when early voting ballots are counted may create a blue or red “mirage” on Election Night that shows early leads for either Joe Biden or...

In-person early voting has ended in Massachusetts, but there are still some across the state that plan to cast their ballot on Election Day.

The number of people who have voted in the election is already more than half of the total number of ballots cast in 2016

Early in-person voting came to an end Friday in Massachusetts. Here’s a look at the numbers:

Despite the snow Friday, the last day of in-person early voting in Massachusetts, there was still a line with about 100 voters on Congress Street in Boston.

More than 2 million people in Massachusetts who can vote have already done so, accounting for nearly 44% of all registered voters, the secretary of the commonwealth’s office said Thursday. That’s equal to 62.4% of the total ballots cast in 2016, according to the officials. There are five days left in the election. Adding the 2,108,337 ballots returned with the…

New Hampshire is a political state for obvious reasons, but it is not all about the first-in-the-nation primary. Right now, the presidential race and the COVID-19 pandemic are taking center stage. Inside City Hall in Manchester, there was a healthy line of folks filling out absentee ballots. More people in the Granite State are voting early than ever before. Longtime...

More than 21 million voters across the U.S. have already cast ballots in person amid record-breaking early turnout

Sixty million Americans have already voted in the 2020 election so far, with two-thirds of those votes coming from mail-in ballots. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain breaks down this huge surge in early voting.

With eight days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year’s presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in big states led to a surge in turnout in recent days.

Saturday, Oct. 24 marks the last day to register to vote in Massachusetts for the presidential election on Nov. 3. According to the secretary of state, more than 2.1 million people have requested to vote by mail or have already voted via early voting, which continues until Oct. 30.

With two weeks until Election Day, more than 35 million Americans have already voted in the 2020 presidential election, according to U.S. Elections Project data Tuesday.

Two weeks ahead of Election Day 2020, Vermont has already seen roughly half the number of votes cast as it did in the last presidential contest. That follows the office of Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos sending ballots by mail to all active registered voters, in an attempt to keep crowds down on Election Day as a COVID-19 safety…

Early voting began Saturday in Massachusetts, and more than 1 million residents have already cast their ballots in person or by mail. According to the Secretary of State’s office, 1,957,066 voters have applied to vote by mail or voted early. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, the fourth day of early voting, 1,934,032 ballots had been provided, and 1,001,725 ballots have…

With two weeks left, Vermont has already seen half the number of ballots cast as it did in the last presidential election.