Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Forty-seven states offer early in-person voting to all voters (this includes states with all-mail elections). States use different terminology, but from the voter’s perspective, the experiences of early voting and in-person absentee voting are essentially the same. "Early voting" functions similarly to Election Day voting. "In-person absentee voting" is when a voter requests, completes and signs an absentee ballot at a polling place.
Forty-seven states offer early in-person voting to all voters (this includes states with all-mail elections). States use different terminology, but from the voter’s perspective, the experiences of early voting and in-person absentee voting are essentially the same. "Early voting" functions similarly to Election Day voting. "In-person absentee voting" is when a voter requests, completes and signs an absentee ballot at a polling place.
