Huge 2020 Spikes in Alternative Voting Methods Huge 2020 Spikes in Alternative Voting Methods

The U.S. Census Bureau just released data tables from their 2020 Voting and Registration Supplement, a biannual supplement to the monthly Current Population Survey that focuses on election related topics – particularly in the wake of the 2002 Help America Vote Act. These tables show what we’ve known intuitively and from other sources for a while: vote-by-mail rates were higher in 2020 than any year previously, as states across the country updated their absentee voting policies and voters adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Election Morning Update: Oregon, Washington Overtake 2016 Ballots Cast Election Morning Update: Oregon, Washington Overtake 2016 Ballots Cast

As of this morning, Oregon and Washington voters have returned more ballots than they did in the 2016 election.

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Friday Update: Ballot Returns in Oregon Return to Historical Rate Friday Update: Ballot Returns in Oregon Return to Historical Rate

After a surge of ballots returned last week, this week we saw the number of ballots returned daily in Oregon drop to about the same rate as they were returned in previous years. Still ahead of us, however, are the three days when turnout has historically been the highest: Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. In previous years, around a quarter of all ballots have been received by elections offices on Election Day.

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Oregonians Returning Ballots Earlier than in Previous Years Oregonians Returning Ballots Earlier than in Previous Years

Oregonians are eager to vote in the upcoming November 3 election. As of the morning of October 21, nearly 2 weeks before Election Day, almost 500,000 of the 3 million registered voters in the state have already returned their ballot. This is 24% of the 2 million ballots cast in the 2016 general election.

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