Early in-person voting begins in 3 key states

Virginia, Minnesota and South Dakota voters can cast their ballot early.

The 2024 voting season officially kicked off Friday, as voters in three states can now line up at early voting polling sites or election offices to cast their ballot.

Early in-person voting sites opened throughout Virginia, on Friday, marking the first state to offer their voters that option. The state's early voting sites will remain open until Nov. 2.

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During the 2020 election, more than 69% of votes cast in the election were done through either mail-in ballots or early in-person voting, according to election data compiled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's election data science lab.

By comparison, only 40% voted early in the 2016 election and 33% in the 2012 election, the data showed.

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