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1011:, nor is there any requirement to tell the authorities that you intend to vote early. Normally, a voter is expected to vote on the election day at the specified voting station, but everyone can vote during the last week at any early voting station in the country, nowadays usually in municipality-owned places like libraries or schools. Although mainly intended for early voting, one early voting station in each municipality must also be open on the election day (always a Sunday in Sweden), to enable distance voting on that day as well. In hospitals and homes for the elderly, there are special voting opportunities. Swedes living abroad must register their address and can vote at embassies or through mail.
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Finland). Any qualified voter may cast a ballot at a "general advance polling station" (a Finland municipal office or certain post offices and Finnish embassies abroad). "Special advance polling stations" are set up at hospitals for patients and prisons for detainees. Additionally, Finnish voters who are unable to travel to advance polling stations due to mobility impairments or illness may cast advance ballots at home (election commissioners make house calls to receive votes from such person). Crews of traveling Finnish ships may also cast ballots via advance voting, beginning 18 days before election day.
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1082:, which was held on 1 July 2020, but citizens had the opportunity to vote within a week before the main day. This was done for sanitary purposes, to reduce the number of people present at the same time at the polling stations. Later, the period of early voting was reduced to two days before the election day. Such a three-day voting was used for regional elections in September 2020. However, such a decision is not mandatory and can be made by the election commission within ten days after the election is scheduled. If the election Commission has not made such a decision, voting takes place only within one day.
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714:. The availability and time periods for early voting vary among jurisdictions and types of election. The goals of early voting are usually to increase voter participation, relieve congestion at polling stations on election day, and avoid possible discrimination against people with work and travel schedules that may effectively prohibit them from getting to the polls during the hours provided in a single election day.
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1137:, which are held on the 10th, 9th, 8th and 7th days before election day at designated advance-poll stations. Canadian voters may locate the date, hours, and address of their advance-poll station at the Elections Canada website, on their voter information card, or by telephoning Elections Canada. About 4.9 million Canadians cast advance votes in the
862:, for purposes of its dataset, as "those measures that allow a voter to submit their ballot by physical post to the election administration" and noted that "While postal voting is in principle early voting, it differs in that the vote can be physically submitted remotely by the voter themselves." Iceland, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany,
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to identify and counteract problems including machine breakdown, cyberattack, human errors, or disinformation. When voting is spread out over several days, election officials can detect issues earlier, mitigate challenges more easily, counter false claims, and offer a greater number of options to any voters who may be impacted.
811:, for purposes of the IDEA dataset was defined as "in-person opportunities for submitting one's vote at a polling station before election day", excluding "other early methods that are not in-person (such as postal or e-voting) or that do not take place in a polling station (such as mobile voting)". Applying this definition,
1022:. But that year the Swedish postal service was changed from being a government agency to a state-owned limited company that wasn't directly government controlled, so the responsibility for providing early voting fell on the local municipalities, who have always been responsible for the regular voting stations.
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Finland, eligible voters may cast ballots either on election day or by advance voting. Advancing voting begins on a Wednesday, eleven days before election day. The advance-voting period ends eight days before election day (for votes cast abroad at designated Finnish embassies) and five days before
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on the outer envelope. After the local voting station has closed on election day, officials first check if any of the voters in the stack of early voter envelopes are in the list of voters who have voted at the voting station that day. If that is the case, the early vote is destroyed, with the inner
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In addition to convenience and increased participation, early voting has proven advantageous for the smooth functioning of elections. When most voters cast their ballot on a single day, any problem can have a more damaging effect. More options to vote before
Election Day provides more opportunities
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to some voters, with significant differences among states. As of 2024, 36 states and D.C. offer either "no-excuse absentee voting" (in which any qualified voter may cast an absentee ballot without an excuse) or conduct all elections by mail; in the remaining states, an absentee ballot will only be
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In Russia, early voting, according to the decision of the election commission, can be organized in special poll stations formed in remote and hard-to-reach areas, on ships that will be sailing on election day and at polar stations. At the same time, early voting can be held no earlier than twenty
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early voting is known as "forhåndsstemming". By law, election day is set to a Monday in
September in the year of the end of the current term. Early voting is usually opened 1 month before election day, and closes the Friday before. Up to and including the Friday, everyone can vote anywhere in the
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Australia, where voting is compulsory, early voting is usually known as "pre-poll voting". Voters are able to cast a pre-poll vote for a number of reasons, including being away from the electorate, travelling, impending maternity, being unable to leave one's workplace, having religious beliefs
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and to relax requirements for both mail-in and early voting, including mailing applications to all active registered voters and providing drop-boxes for ballots. In the
November 2020 elections, about 26% of votes nationwide were cast by early in-person voting, as compared to 46% of votes cast by
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servicemembers, Canadians living abroad, Canadians away from home on election day, and incarcerated
Canadians); of this total, about 99,988 special ballots were not counted because they arrived after the receipt deadline (6 p.m. on election day), did not have a voter signature, or had some other
1152:), or by mail. Ballots cast via these methods are termed "special ballots." Historically, voting by mail has been fairly rare in Canada; of the 18.4 million total votes in the 2019 Canadian election, slightly under 50,000 voters cast ballots by mail, with most of these ballots coming from
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In some countries, early in-person voting or postal voting (or both) are available to all voters. In other countries, only some voters (such as those who are expected to be out of the country or hospitalized on election day are eligible) are eligible to cast ballots via these methods.
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The duration, start date, and end date of the early in-person voting period varies from state to state, from a low of five days to a high of 50 days; the average number of days of early in-person voting is 23. Some states give discretion to local election officials (sometimes
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Early voting, or advance voting, has been possible in New
Zealand without a reason since 2008. Advance voting opens 12 days before the election day, with around 500 polling booths set up across the country. Voters attending an appropriate advance polling booth for their
1262:. Of the 47 states that allow early in-person voting, eight have all-mail voting. In these states, each eligible, registered voter is sent a ballot, which can either be returned by mail, or dropped off at designated site during the early voting period.
1307:) but some states offer "in-person absentee voting" (in which the voter requests, completes, signs, and submits the absentee ballot at a polling place). The voting experience for in-person absentee balloting is similar to the early-voting experience.
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In 2022, Connecticut was one of just four remaining states without early in-person voting. In
November 2022, Connecticut voters approved a constitutional amendment authorizing the state legislature to enact early in-person voting. The office of the
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The period since 2000 has seen a significant expansion in the number of U.S. states offering options to vote before
Election Day, the percentage of the total population with those options, and the portion choosing to exercise those options. In the
774:(constituency) can cast an ordinary vote in the same way they would if voting on election day. If the voter is outside the electorate, enrolled after the cutoff date (31 days before election day), or is on the unpublished roll, they must cast a
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beginning in 1957, but was originally a method mostly used for those with a particular reason preventing them from casting an in-person ballot. The proportion of German voters casting postal ballots has steadily increased since the 1990
1500:" as a civic holiday to celebrate the concept of early voting, directed primarily at young people. The MTV program partnered with businesses and nonprofits, and its advantage being that it isn’t ‘owned’ by any one entity.
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allow it for cantonal ballot issues. All voters receive their personal ballot by mail a few weeks before the election or referendum. They may cast it at a polling station on election day or mail it back at any prior time.
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In the 2000 election, 14% of ballots were cast before Election Day. For 16 years the percentage increased steadily—21% in 2004, 31% in 2008, 33% in 2012, and 40% in 2016—before jumping to 69% in 2020 during the
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Of states that permit early in-person voting (excluding the seven states that have "all-mail" elections), 23 states and D.C. allow some weekend early voting (on Saturdays, Sundays, or both).
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was arranged on a Sunday (June 26, 2011) while prior elections were arranged on both Saturday and Sunday. Around 2.6 million people, including 1.07 million in
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contracted with the Center for Election Innovation & Research for a study of early voting models in the U.S. to provide up to four possible policy options to the
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envelope unopened. Otherwise, the inner envelopes are added to a ballot box for counting. Early votes that do not reach the voting station in time are shipped to the
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that prevent attendance at a polling place, or being more than 8 km from a polling place. There were over 600 early voting centres available in 2016.
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Special Voting Arrangements (SVAs) in Europe: In-Country Postal, Early, Mobile and Proxy Arrangements in Individual Countries
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Germany does not have in-person early voting, but allows all eligible voters to vote by mail. Voting by mail was adopted in
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How We Voted in 2020: A First Look at the Survey of the Performance of American Elections
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2768:"Voting Early Is Easier Than Ever — So We're Making It A Holiday"
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Early voting has been possible in Sweden since 1942, and the
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Early voting station in a supermarket in Malmö during the
2114:"Трехдневное голосование: как будет работать новый закон"
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1940:"Island voting in Election 2016 commences one day early"
1568:"The Expansion of Voting Before Election Day, 2000–2024"
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Ohlemacher, Stephen; Pace, Julie (September 21, 2008).
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Ballot drop box at a public library in California, 2020
2615:"Early In-Person Voting in the State of Connecticut"
2169:, Elections Canada (last accessed December 4, 2022).
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2456:"For many Americans, Election Day is already here"
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2454:DeSilver, Drew; Geiger, A.W. (October 21, 2016).
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1681:"MPs scrutinise early votes and Palmer's spree"
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2425:"(Nearly) Final 2008 Early Voting Statistics"
2369:"2016 November General Election Early Voting"
2341:"2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics"
2251:"Table 18: States With Mostly-Mail Elections"
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1074:In 2020, against the backdrop of the
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2093:"Статья 65. Досрочное голосование"
1736:Cheng, Derek (September 3, 2014).
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1707:"Advance voting starts on Monday"
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1652:McMahon, Alle (April 30, 2019).
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760:Travelling Voting Booths
747:and 13.7 percent at the
366:Rural–urban proportional
361:Dual-member proportional
336:Additional member system
2541:. Elections.state.md.us
2429:George Mason University
1154:Canadians living abroad
2493:on September 25, 2008.
2345:electproject.github.io
2234:Early In-Person Voting
2039:Valmyndigheten: Voting
1743:The New Zealand Herald
1211:
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516:Passive electioneering
417:Straight-ticket voting
2462:. Pew Research Center
2375:on September 25, 2016
2147:The Nation (Thailand)
1775:on September 23, 2017
1717:on September 23, 2017
1603:on September 21, 2018
1217:2000 general election
1209:
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1044:Voting in Switzerland
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800:A 2020 report by the
371:Majority bonus system
356:Alternative Vote Plus
255:Instant-runoff voting
2704:Charles Stewart III,
2366:McDonald, Michael P.
2118:Государственная Дума
1769:Electoral Commission
1711:Electoral Commission
1240:District of Columbia
1145:, setting a record.
921:Elections in Germany
898:Early voting in the
789:and to 66.7% in the
322:Mixed-member systems
2589:. WSHU Public Radio
2518:www.leg.state.fl.us
2291:. December 20, 2023
2274:(November 9, 2022).
2257:. January 28, 2024.
2064:on October 23, 2012
1976:. February 26, 2016
1948:. February 25, 2016
1856:"Voting in Advance"
1593:"Compulsory Voting"
1552:(October 19, 2020).
1256:U.S. Virgin Islands
1125:Elections in Canada
1100:Election Commission
966:Republic of Ireland
904:University of Turku
902:on the premises of
876:Republic of Ireland
650:Politics portal
412:Split-ticket voting
2778:on October 1, 2022
2727:The New York Times
2209:The Canadian Press
2153:on August 9, 2011.
2018:"Election results"
1893:(August 18, 2021).
1885:Emily Schultheis,
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582:Voter intimidation
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2190:David Ljunggren,
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1462:on June 7, 2023.
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1225:the 2024 election
1096:เลือกตั้งล่วงหน้า
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