Early voting has already begun in Detroit and some other municipalities. In Michigan, early voting starts on Oct. 26, making it the final battleground where it will commence. State law mandates that early voting must begin nine days before Election Day, which falls on Nov. 5 this year. However, municipalities have the option to start early voting almost a month prior to Election Day.
As of now, three municipalities—Detroit, East Lansing, and Canton Township—have already initiated early voting. It began on Oct. 19 in Detroit and on Oct. 21 in the other two jurisdictions, according to the Michigan Department of State. Vice President Kamala Harris even campaigned in Detroit on Oct. 19 in conjunction with this milestone.
Setting records seems to be a trend in early voting this year. In Michigan, a record was set when more than 2,500 Detroiters came out during the initial weekend of early voting. This is just a fraction of the more than 1.15 million Michigan voters who had already cast their ballots as of Oct. 22, mostly through absentee ballots.
Early voting has also seen record turnout in other key states. In Georgia, by the 10th day of early voting, more than 2.1 million people had turned out in person to cast their ballots. This is a significant increase from the numbers seen at the same time in 2020. Similarly, North Carolina saw more than 350,000 ballots cast on the first day of in-person early voting, setting a new record.
High turnout has also marked the start of early voting in Wisconsin. And in battleground Nevada, registered Republicans currently maintain a five-point lead over registered Democrats in early voting, with Democrats leading in mail ballots. Republicans are also leading Democrats in early voting in Arizona, according to data from the University of Florida Election Lab.
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