CEIR Resources on Voting Before Election Day

CEIR is engaged in ongoing research on voting before election day. Click the links below to access CEIR resources and research on early in-person and mail voting.

Voters should visit vote.gov or ask their local election officials to confirm dates, locations, and procedures for early in-person and mail voting in their area.

The Expansion of Voting Before Election Day, 2000-2024

This brief examines the expansion of early in-person and mail voting across the country since the 2000 general election. The percentage of voting-age citizens living in states that offer at least one option to vote before election day has increased from 40% in the 2000 general election to nearly 97% in the 2024 general election.

Learn more at https://electioninnovation.org/research/expansion-voting-before-election-day/

CEIR Focus Brief: The Growing Use of Voting Before Election Day

This focus brief details the distribution of votes cast before election day across states in 2016 and 2020. Options to vote before election day have been widely popular among voters in the two most recent presidential elections, with 40% of votes cast before election day in 2016 and 69% in 2020.

Learn more at https://electioninnovation.org/research/voting-before-election-day-resources/use-voting-before-election-day/

Data Dive: The Growth of Early In-Person and Mail Voting

This data dive expands on the focus brief above and highlights the growth in use of early in-person voting and mail voting across states in 2016 and 2020. Findings show the proportion of votes cast by mail nearly doubled between the 2016 and 2020 general elections, and the proportion of votes cast early in person rose by more than four percentage points.

Learn more at https://electioninnovation.org/research/voting-before-election-day-resources/use-methods-voting-before-election-day/

CEIR Focus Brief: Dates for 2024 Early In-Person and Mail Voting

This focus brief details the start and end dates for early in-person voting and major deadlines for mail voting across the country. While Election Day falls on November 5 for the 2024 general election, 15 states and Washington, D.C., will begin offering voting options in September, and 32 more states will begin offering voting options in October.

Learn more at https://electioninnovation.org/research/voting-before-election-day-resources/2024-dates-voting-before-election-day/

Data Dive: 2024 Weekend Availability of Early In-Person Voting

This data dive expands on the focus brief above and looks at the availability of early in-person voting on weekends in the 2024 general election. Of the states that will offer voters the option to vote early in person in 2024, 28 states and Washington, D.C., require statewide weekend early in-person voting. The remaining states permit weekend early in-person voting at the discretion of local officials or do not specify at the state level.

Learn more at https://electioninnovation.org/research/voting-before-election-day-resources/2024-weekends-voting-before-election-day/