Do most Arizonans use early voting in elections?
By Austin Tannenbaum
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The Arizona Mirror reports that since Arizona's "no-excuse" early voting policy was implemented in the 1990s, more than 80% of Arizonans regularly vote early in elections.
About 89% of Arizonans use early voting in the 2020 election, according to the Citizens Clean Elections Commission. This above-average percentage is attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nationally, about 70% of Americans voted early in person or by mail in 2020, compared to about 40% in 2018.
As of Oct. 28, nearly 17.7 million people have already submitted their ballots for the 2022 midterm primary elections.
This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
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Arizona Mirror Nearly 90% of Arizona voters use early ballots. Republicans would eliminate that to combat imagined fraud.
Citizens Clean Elections Commission Vote by Mail
USAFacts How many Americans voted in 2020?
Internet Archive Early Voting 2022 General Election
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