Florida voters already casting ballots in presidential race
Voting has already begun in Florida, whose 29 electoral college votes will be critical in the presidential election.
The Department of State reported Saturday that more than 6,600 vote-by-mail ballots have already been returned and more than 5 million others have been requested. That could put Florida on a pace to double the number of people who voted by mail in the 2016 presidential election.
In 2016, 2.7 million people voted by mail out of more than 3.3 million ballots requested. This year, more than 2.3 million Democrats have requested vote-by-mail ballots, compared to nearly 1.6 million Republicans. More than 1.1 million people not registered with either major party have requested ballots to vote by mail.
Voters have until Oct. 24 to request a vote-by-mail ballot.
Overall, Florida has more than 14 million voters, including more than 5.2 million Democrats and more than 5 million Republicans. The deadline to register to vote in the November election is Oct. 5. In-person early voting begins Oct. 19 in some counties and statewide on Oct. 24.
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