Early Voting

Changes to the way millions of Americans voted this year contributed to record turnout, but that’s no guarantee the measures making it easier to cast ballots will stick around for future elections

NBCLX Political Reporter Noah Pransky breaks down voter turnout by age so far this election, with only 23% of the votes coming from Americans under the age of 30 and the majority coming from voters 65 and older.

Over 500,000 people from Miami-Dade County voted during early voting, the county’s elections office reported Sunday evening. Between October 19th and November 1st, 513,646 residents submitted their ballots for the presidential election – with the largest turnout being day one at 43,396 votes. In Broward, the county’s unofficial total was at 364,723 as of Sunday evening. Early voting polls officially…

It’s time to remake our electoral map so voters are prepared for a “red mirage” and “blue mirage” on Election Night

On the eve of Election Day, John Fortier of the Bipartisan Policy Democracy Project explains what you need to know to interpret the presidential race results as they begin rolling in on Election Night. What do the historic surges in early voting mean for President Trump and Joe Biden, and how can the Electoral College hand the White House to...

Forget the red and blue election map. The most important map to watch on Election Night is one that shows when each state starts counting its early ballots. The differing rules states use to prioritize when early voting ballots are counted may create a blue or red “mirage” on Election Night that shows early leads for either Joe Biden or...

It’s the last weekend of early voting in Florida, and many are taking advantage of the last two days they have to turn in their ballots before the big day on Tuesday.

Kamala Harris was in South Florida during the last weekend of early voting, holding several campaign events across the area to mobilize supporters for her and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

A final flurry of campaigning whipped through the crucial state of Florida in the waning days of the election season, including another visit by President Donald Trump, as beleaguered voters took solace that Election Day was finally close at hand. Trump scheduled a late evening event Sunday in his adopted state to make his case to extend his residency at…

A final flurry of campaigning whipped through the crucial state of Florida in the waning days of the election season, including another visit by President Donald Trump, as beleaguered voters took solace that Election Day was finally close at hand.

Postal and law enforcement officials are investigating after four dozen mail-in ballots were found undelivered at a post office in Miami-Dade County.

Kamala Harris was in South Florida during the last weekend of early voting, attending several campaign events across the area to mobilize supporters for her and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. “They know our power,” Harris said at a drive-in rally at Florida International University. “They know when we vote, things change.” Harris later hosted an early voting event in…

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are expected to make campaign stops in Florida during the last weekend of early voting.

The number of people who have voted in the election is already more than half of the total number of ballots cast in 2016

If you voted by mail in South Florida, tracking the status of your ballot is simple and only takes a few clicks. First, to access your voter registration information, enter your name and birthday on the Division of Elections website. Your name, address, voter identification number and other details will appear, including your party and voter status. You can check…

Early voting locations in several counties in Florida’s Panhandle will be closing as Hurricane Zeta approaches the region

With the election one week away, voting advocates are urging people to drop off their absentee ballots in person. That’s because on-time delivery for the postal service has dropped.

More than 21 million voters across the U.S. have already cast ballots in person amid record-breaking early turnout

“I just planned an impromptu trip to Florida. I bought a ticket to fly to Fort Lauderdale, woke up at 5, got to the airport, took a flight, immediately took an Uber to the nearest polling place in Hollywood, voted, and then went straight back to the airport and flew back to Baltimore at 1 p.m.,” Bynoe explained.

Sixty million Americans have already voted in the 2020 election so far, with two-thirds of those votes coming from mail-in ballots. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain breaks down this huge surge in early voting.