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Twenty-nine states begin mailing absentee ballots to voters in September and an additional nine states open up in-person voting this month.
Published 3:38 pm UTC Sep. 16, 2020 Updated 8:32 pm UTC Sep. 26, 2020
WASHINGTON — Voting is underway in the presidential election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The early voting activity comes as an unprecedented number of voters are expected to vote by mail because of health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 45 states, all voters can vote by mail for the November election, and nine of those states plan to mail ballots to all registered voters.
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By federal law, all states must send absentee ballots requested by military or overseas voters by Sept. 19.
Only six states don't offer some form of in-person early voting – either traditional voting at polling sites or in-person absentee voting.
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By the end of the first week of October, 42 states will have started sending mail ballots to voters and 17 states will have launched in-person early voting.
Here's a schedule of early voting and mail-voting in each state as well as the deadlines for voters to return their mail ballots.