Despite a Major Expansion of Early Voting in Vermont, Kentucky and Nevada, Neither Party Gained an Edge
New data from the 2022 midterm election clearly shows that Donald Trump’s attempt to disparage early voting opportunities has zero merit.
As reported by journalist Jessica Piper, and published by Politico, election data on early voting from a trio of states that expanded the ability to cast ballots before Election Day, shows that voting early – in person or by mail – does not clearly help either party.
The data was analyzed from elections in Kentucky, Nevada and Vermont, producing diverse results but a couple of key commonalities:
- Making it easier to vote early in person or by mail did not lead to voter fraud
- Nor did it favor Republicans or Democrats
In Piper’s article, voting officials weighed in as follows:
“We’ve shown that it is bipartisan,” said Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams (R), of his state’s new early voting window. “Both sides are comfortable using it.”
Vermont’s Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters (D) said, “There were a number of Republicans who were worried about the security aspect of vote-by-mail and potential voter fraud that came forward afterward and said, ‘You know what, this helped a lot of people turn out who normally would not vote.’”
Despite Trump’s frequent attacks on expanding access to voting, the data and feedback clearly indicate that providing more opportunities to vote – whether via early voting in person, or by mail – is secure and unbiased. As Piper points out in her Politico article, “Republicans do not do themselves any favors when they follow in Trump’s footsteps and vilify early voting: It puts more onus on their voters to cast ballots on a single day.”
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