LATEST: More than 21 million people have voted early in the 2022 general election, according to data analyzed by the University of Florida's U.S. Elections Project —about 13 million more than just one a week ago.
Voters arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station setup in the Lee County Election Headquarters building on Oct. 24, 2022, in Fort Myers, Fla.MORE: Georgia early midterms voting so far surpassing 2020 presidential election
“One in five active Georgia voters has made a plan and gotten their ballots in early," said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “They’ve played a wonderful role in reducing the lift for their county election directors come November 8th.” But Texas, which also started early voting last Monday, quickly shot up in ballots cast. The Lone Star State currently now leads the country in early voting, with 2,967,709 ballots returned.
McDonald has said that because of Florida, Texas and California's larger size, broader voter turnout activity is expected, along with the fact that Floridians tend to use mail ballots more frequently than some of the other states have so far been casting votes early.
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