Election Day is less than 50 days away, but the voting has already started. In some states, the runway to vote stretches some distance. In Alabama, for example, voters began mailing in ballots as early as Sept. 11. North Carolina was supposed to be the first state to accept absentee ballots on Sept. 6 — that is, before an appeals court ruled in favor of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s legal requests to have his name removed from the ballot. (That meant that election workers had to reformat and print new ballots.)
In Pennsylvania, early voting began on Sept. 16. It’s set to begin on Sept. 20 in Minnesota and Virginia. Voters in Vermont can start casting their ballots Sept. 21, and, in Illinois, on Sept. 26. In Massachusetts, early voting is available starting Oct. 19 to Nov 1. Minnesota and Vermont begin in-person and absentee voting this month, two methods of voting prior to Election Day itself.
