Early voting is increasing per USA Facts

Per email from Franklin's Town Clerk Nancy Danello, the ballots for the Nov 4 biennial election were received on Monday, Oct 6 and turned around to be mailed to the 400+ voters who requested mail ballots.  Early voting begins in the Town Clerk's office on Friday, October 17.

To see this come across the news feed was timely and share worthy.

via USA Facts:

Early voting is increasing per USA Facts

Do early and mail-in ballots really make a difference? 

Well, in 2024, early and mail-in ballots accounted for nearly 60% of all votes — that’s up from about 50% in 2022. 

• 29% voted by mail 
• 30.7% voted early in person 
• Only 39.6% voted at the polls on Election Day 

Let’s dig deeper:️ 

• Mail-in voting is most popular in the West 
• Early in-person voting dominates in the South 

And who’s most likely to vote early or by mail? 

• Voters 65+: 36.8% voted by mail 
• Asian voters had the highest mail-in rate 
• Black voters led in early in-person turnout 
• Naturalized citizens were nearly 8 points more likely to vote by mail than native-born citizens

Shared from -> https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-voters-cast-ballots-early-and-by-mail/

Charts shared from -> https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRSEJ5FdMG/