The First Votes in the 2020 Election Will Be Cast in Six Weeks
Voters in the crucial battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and North Carolina will begin casting ballots in September, giving President Donald Trump and Joe Biden just weeks to make their cases to voters.
The first absentee ballots will be sent out in North Carolina starting on Sept. 4. Voters in Pennsylvania will be able to request, fill out and turn in absentee ballots in person starting on Sept. 14, followed by voters in Michigan on Sept. 19.
That could spell trouble for Trump, who is behind the Democratic nominee in national polls as well as the most recent polls in all three states.
Early voting has also compressed the election calendar. North Carolina will begin mailing ballots out just eight days after the Republican National Convention ends in late August, while voters in all three states will be able to cast a ballot before the first presidential debate on Sept. 29.
Carter Wrenn, a Republican consultant in North Carolina, said that early voting will reduce the effects of an “October surprise,” a last-minute revelation that dramatically changes the dynamic of the race. “You could see a surprise earlier; you could see two,” he said. “I don’t think that will go away because there are always surprises before elections.”
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