Republican voters who previously relied on mail ballots are likely opting to vote in...
Harris County clerk Judith Rubio, sorts early voting by mail ballots at the Harris County elections headquarters on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Houston.as in 2018 during the same period, state data show.submitted mail-in ballots by the end of the day Thursday, compared with 56,000 at this point four years ago.
Republicans in the past have had a 2-to-1 advantage in the vote-by-mail category, and the practice expanded in the 2020 election as the coronavirus spread. But as the pandemic waned, and after former President Donald Trump cast doubt on the integrity of the method, data shows Democrats now have the edge.
Trump and his allies across the country, appealing to voters — many of whom believe the 2020 election was stolen, despite no proof of widespread fraud —and turn them in at a polling place or election office on Nov. 8.