Number of mail-in ballots requested by Texas voters down 64% from 2020

12/27/23
 
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from KXAN,
11/1/22:

The number of mail-in ballots requested by registered voters in Texas for the Nov. 8 midterm election dropped by 64% compared to the 2020 presidential election.

In total, 440,373 mail-in ballots were requested statewide by the Oct. 28 deadline, according to the Secretary of State’s office.

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That’s a decrease of 64% from more than 1.2 million requested in 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year’s total is the lowest in any midterm or presidential election since 2014, according to data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which tracks voting data nationwide.

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