Mail-in voting rates dropped but early in-person voting is a hit, federal report shows
Fewer Americans cast their ballots by mail during last year's election, while more voters embraced casting their ballots in-person before Election Day.
New data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission found that the 2020 presidential election remains a high-water mark for vote by mail usage in a nationwide election.
According to a national survey of local and state election officials that the agency conducts after every major election, "mail voting comprised 30.3% of the turnout for the 2024 election," which is a decrease compared to the 2020 election when mail ballots comprised 43% of turnout.
The commission, however, noted that the share of mail voting last year is still "larger than the percentage of the electorate that voted by mail in pre-pandemic elections." Turnout has also stayed above pre-pandemic levels. During the 2024 election, nearly 65% of the citizen voting age population participated in the general election, which is the second highest turnout in the last five presidential elections.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2025-07-01/mail-in-voting-rates-dropped-but-early-in-person-voting-is-a-hit-federal-report-shows
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