This blog is closing now, thanks for following along. Here is our latest on the Trump campaign’s reaction to that debate:
Election Day is less than two months away. The first mail ballots of the general election were sent out Wednesday, the day after the first debate between Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Early in-person voting will start as soon as 20 September in some states.
The first batch of ballots typically sent out are ones to military and overseas voters. Under federal law, that must happen at least 45 days before an election — which this year is 21 September.
Election offices in North Carolina had been scheduled to begin sending mail ballots to all voters who requested them on 6 September. But that has been delayed because presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. successfully sued to have his name removed from the state’s ballot after he suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump. That allowed Alabama to become the first state to send out absentee ballots for the presidential election cycle.
Voter registration deadlines vary by state, with most falling between eight and 30 days before the election, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The deadline is 7 October in Georgia, one of this year’s most prominent presidential battlegrounds.
Nearly all states offer some version of in-person voting, though the rules and dates vary considerably.
