Surge of Ballot Requests Already Setting Records

[babylonsister]

Vote in numbers too great to ignore.

https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/25/surge-of-ballot-requests-already-setting-records/

Surge of Ballot Requests Already Setting Records
September 25, 2020 at 6:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Interest in pre-Election Day voting is skyrocketing around the country, with more than 28 million ballots already requested and another 43 million set to be automatically mailed to voters, according to a CNN survey of election offices in 42 states and Washington, DC — another sign of what is expected to be a record-shattering turnout.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

1. YES!

Absolutely!

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

2. and this, ladies and germs, is how you build a more perfect union.

[Sherman A1]

3. Super

[murielm99]

4. If we always voted in these numbers,

the repubbies would never win anything.

Normally, we complain about low turnout. When we have record turnout, the system can barely handle it. Ironic.

[Tommymac]

5. 2020 is going to make 2008 look close.

Massive turnout is what got Obama elected and circumvented the Rethugs planned efforts to steal it.

Keep doing GOTV - don't take your foot off the gas.

[COL Mustard]

8. Keep Running Like You're 10 Points Down.............

Don't ever let up until it's decided!!!!

[NightWatcher]

6. Called for Biden at 9P on the West Coast, 11P tops.

[roamer65]

7. Vote like the republic depends on it.

Because IT DOES.

[crickets]

9. Good job, people. GOTV!

Surge of ballot requests already setting records in the US
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/politics/ballot-requests-voting-election-2020/index.html

All told, the total number of pre-election ballots due to be distributed already exceeds the roughly 50 million pre-Election Day ballots cast in 2016, though not all those ballots will be returned.
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Requests from registered Democrats outpace those from Republicans by more than 1.3 million ballot requests among CNN's most competitive-rated states currently reporting that data. Many mail-in ballots likely won't be returned, however, and requests do not predict election outcomes.

As of September 24, ballot requests in five battleground states had already exceeded pre-Election Day votes cast for the entire 2016 general election. Those five states are Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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Fifteen states surveyed have already had more absentee ballot requests than total pre-Election Day votes cast in 2016. [more]

Woohoo! Worth clicking through for the whole thing.

[jorgevlorgan]

10. If that number increases and and most everybody mails their ballots early

That's like, I imagine 30% of all voters who voted before election day -most of which will be the first reported results.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

11. Both my son and I applied to vote by mail.

We live in Illinois, and last week we received our ballots, filled them out, and sent them in.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. More states have switched to mail-in ballot options