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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Luca Ittimani

US presidential election briefing: Early voting records smashed as Trump urges Republicans to head to polls early

Americans are setting early voting records less than two weeks from 5 November election.
Americans are setting early voting records less than two weeks out from polls opening in the 5 November presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Photograph: Vincent Alban/Reuters

Nearly 25 million Americans have already voted, less than two weeks out from the US election, with records broken in multiple battleground states, at least partly driven by Republicans embracing early voting at Donald Trump’s direction.

Either through in-person early voting or mail-in ballots, more than 1.9 million voters have cast early votes in Georgia, where Trump lost by a mere 11,779 votes four years ago to Democrat Joe Biden, while North Carolina also set a new record of more than 1.7m despite the chaos caused by Hurricane Helene last month.

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