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Opening day of early voting in Florida draws thousands of voters - The Washington Post
Oct 19, 2020 1 min, 59 secs
Thousands of voters flocked to the polls throughout Florida on the state’s first day of in-person voting Monday despite heavy rain across the state, adding to evidence that Americans are unusually eager to cast ballots in this year’s presidential election.

Woodard said President Trump’s constant attacks on mail voting, including unsubstantiated claims that it would result in widespread fraud, are a blatant attempt at voter suppression.

With early voting underway across the United States and Americans casting ballots by mail at historic numbers, nearly 30 million have already voted with two weeks to go before Election Day, according to a tally by political scientist Michael McDonald of the University of Florida.

In North Carolina, a weeks-long dispute over mail ballots returned without a witness signature came to an end Monday, allowing county election administrators to resume the process to fix, or “cure,” thousands of deficient ballots left in limbo as the state continues its early-voting period.

Voters who return ballots without a witness signature will receive a new ballot in the mail, the State Board of Elections stated in guidance issued Monday afternoon.

The first ballot will be spoiled, and they will be able to cast a new vote, unless they already voted in person.

In Pennsylvania, Republicans in the state legislature announced Monday that they have no plans to pass a law allowing county election officials to begin processing mail ballots before Nov.

In Florida, meanwhile, statewide data from Friday showed a distinct advantage for Democrats among mail voters, with more than 1 million Democrats casting ballots by mail compared with about 620,000 Republicans, according to the Florida Democratic Party.

It was too early to say whether the first day of in-person voting would favor Democrats or Republicans.

In other states where such data is available, enthusiasm has been far higher among registered Democrats for mail and in-person voting.

Across the country, Democratic enthusiasm is propelling an enormous wave of early voting.

Across the country, Democratic enthusiasm is propelling an enormous wave of early voting.

In-person voting also kicked off in Colorado on Monday, but voting centers were largely quiet in a state where the majority of voters have cast ballots by mail or dropbox for many years.

Yet mail ballot returns show historic enthusiasm in Colorado, too, with Secretary of State Jena Griswold reporting that 24 times more voters have returned their ballots than by this time in 2016.

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