Weeks earlier than Nov. 5, the date of the 2024 election, the overwhelming majority of voters throughout the nation will be capable to solid their votes early in individual or by mail in most states, if that is what they’d desire. The map beneath has extra details about early voting choices.
Alabama turned the primary state to start sending its mail votes on Sept. 11. It is one among 10 states that can start sending mail ballots to voters greater than 45 days earlier than Election Day. Some states will start early, in-person voting in September. Navy and abroad ballots should be despatched 45 days earlier than Election Day, in order that they’ll be mailed on Sept. 21. Every state determines its personal voter registration deadlines.
Individuals have seen a dramatic enlargement of their capability to vote early in individual and by mail for the reason that flip of the century. The Middle for Election Innovation and Analysis famous that in 2000, simply 40% of voters had entry to early voting, both in individual or by mail. Now, 97% have no less than one choice to vote earlier than Election Day.
Map of voting choices by state for the 2024 election
This map reveals the place choices for voting early are in place and what choices can be found:
States that supply early voting and mail-in ballots to all voters
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia provide early voting choices to all voters. Listed here are the states that supply each early in-person voting and mail voting to everybody, in response to the Middle for Election Innovation and Analysis.
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- Colorado: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- D.C.: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- MInnesota
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- Utah: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- Vermont: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- Virginia
- Washington: All-mail election: All lively, registered voters obtain poll.
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
States that supply early voting for all however require an eligible purpose for mail-in ballots
Listed here are the states which have early in-person voting however require an eligible purpose to vote by mail.
- Connecticut
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
States the place no early voting possibility is on the market to all voters, and an eligible purpose to vote by mail is required
4 states don’t provide early voting and require an eligible purpose to vote by mail, which suggests not everybody in these states has an choice to vote on any day however Election Day.
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- New Hampshire
- West Virginia
Harris-Trump race tight in battleground states
Within the nation’s seven battleground states — probably the most aggressive states within the nation — the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump may be very tight. CBS Information polling of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in September reveals them tied or separated by not more than 2 factors, which is throughout the margin of error. CBS Information additionally often updates its estimates of help for Harris and Trump within the seven battleground states — these three states and in addition Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia — that are prone to decide who wins the presidency.
On Sept. 10, Harris and Trump journey to Philadelphia for his or her first debate — and to date, it is their solely debate. Harris’ working mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Trump’s VP choose, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, will meet in New York on Oct. 1 for a debate hosted by CBS Information.
Republicans, Democrats put together for election challenges
Republicans and Democrats alike have assembled groups of legal professionals to deal with any voting challenges surrounding the election. Since 2020, greater than two dozen counties in eight states have tried to dam certification of their elections — together with in Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. This yr alone, officers within the battleground states of Nevada and Michigan tried to not certify native races, in an early indication of what might come to cross within the days after November’s presidential election.
Whereas Republican teams have been pushing GOP voters to embrace early and mail voting, Trump typically undermines these efforts when he refers to mail ballots as “treacherous.” He and Republicans allies and officers proceed to lift the specter of election fraud and urge voters to not belief absentee voting. In June, the previous president warned hundreds at a rally in Detroit to “watch your vote” as a result of “they” — Democrats — would “destroy” and “terminate” their votes in November.
In Georgia final month, the state election board accepted two guidelines that empower native officers in any Georgia county to query the election earlier than native officers certify its outcomes. A vote of certification formally ends the canvassing course of, through which ballots are counted and tabulated. The foundations are distinctive in that the board’s political appointees try to develop the function of officers who certify the vote at a county degree. These new guidelines have the potential to delay certification of presidential outcomes previous its strict deadline of Nov. 12 at 5 p.m. ET.
