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93 Million And Counting: Americans Are Shattering Early Voting Records

Americans have cast 93 million early ballots as of Sunday afternoon, putting the 2020 election on track for historic levels of voter turnout.
Voters approach a polling location in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 13 — the first day of voting in the state. Nearly 10 million ballots have already been cast in Texas — more than 2016's total votes in the state.

Americans have cast a record-breaking 93 million early ballots as of Sunday afternoon, putting the 2020 election on track for historic levels of voter turnout.

That's almost twice as many pre-election votes as were cast in the 2016 election, according to the U.S. Elections Project, a turnout-tracking database run by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald.

McDonald calculates that nationally, voters have cast nearly 68% of the total votes counted in the 2016 election.

"We continue to pile on votes at a record pace. We've already passed any raw number of early votes in any prior election

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