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Do most Arizonans use early voting in elections?

By Austin Tannenbaum
YES

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.

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