Early In-Person Voting: Which States Have Already Started Choosing a President
With less than three weeks until Election Day, many states have already begun in-person early voting. Polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and 45th President Donald Trump neck and neck, writes USA Today.
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The first state in the country to begin voting was Alabama, which sent absentee ballots to eligible voters on Sept. 11. However, the state does not have an in-person early voting option. (That means there is no way for voters to go to a polling station before Election Day to vote in person.)
In the context of the US presidential election, some states provide voters with this option to make the process easier and reduce the burden on the polling stations on Election Day. However, some states do not offer this option, and citizens are forced to vote either on Election Day itself or early through postal voting.
North Carolina was originally supposed to be the first state, but the legal process to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name from the ballot after he dropped out of the race delayed the early voting process.
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Where did in-person early voting begin?
As of October 17, 23 states are already voting early:
- Minnesota - September 20
- South Dakota - from September 20
- Virginia - from September 20
- Vermont - from September 21
- Illinois - September 26
- Montana - from October 7
- Nebraska - from October 7
- Indiana - from October 8
- New Mexico - from October 8
- Ohio - October 8
- Wyoming - from October 9
- Arizona - from October 9
- Georgia - from October 15
- Iowa - from October 16
- Kansas - from October 16
- Rhode Island - from October 16
- Tennessee - from October 16
- North Carolina - October 17
In-person early voting has also begun in California, Maine, North Dakota, Oregon and Pennsylvania, but start dates vary by county.
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Where in-person early voting will begin soon
Other states are also set to begin early voting, including:
- Louisiana (presidential) - October 18
- Washington - October 18
- Massachusetts - October 19
- Nevada - October 19
- Alaska - October 21
- Arkansas - October 21
- Colorado - October 21
- Connecticut - October 21
- Idaho - October 21
- South Carolina - October 21
- Texas - October 21
- Hawaii - October 22
- Missouri - October 22
- Utah - October 22
- Wisconsin - October 22
- West Virginia - October 23
- Maryland - 24
- Delaware - October 25
- Florida - October 26
- Michigan - October 26
- New Jersey - October 26
- New York - October 26
- District of Columbia - October 28
- Oklahoma - October 30
- Kentucky - October 31
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