Early Voting

EARLY VOTING 2012 NOV BALLOTS CAST BEFORE ELECTION DAY Without early voting, voters who cannot make it to the polls on Election Day will not be able to vote. 20% 30% In 2011, ten states introduced bills that would REDUCE early or absentee voting periods; such bills PASSED in Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia. -2004- -2008- EARLY VOTING IN 2008 I# of Days, 2008 African-American voters are much more likely to take EARLY OR ABSENTEE VOTING PERIODS advantage of early voting. In Florida and Georgia, high percentages of African-Americans voted in the earty voting period. I# of Days, 2012 50 45 THE STATE LEVEL % of AFRICAN-AMERICANS 40 35 FLORIDA 54% 30 X of African-Americans who voted at early voting sites. 21 20 17 17 14 15 13 10 10 8. GEORGIA 35% % of African-Americans who voted absentee and/or at early voting sites. Florida Georgia Ohio Tennessee West Virginia ACLU Sources 1| Brennan Center for Justice 2| United States Ciection Project 3| NAACP 4|Georgia Secretary of State ACLU.org/Vote