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I thought it might be interesting to have a thread for Freepers to post their early voting experiences, as well as any turnout reports from their location.

In comparison to the 2012 cumulative totals, this year's in-person absentee ballots are where things stood four years ago (733,269 compared to 2012's same day total of 733,745). In terms of party registration performance, registered Republicans have met their same numbers from four years ago, while registered Democrats are down 11 percent, and registered unaffiliated voters are 30 percent ahead of where they were the same day in 2012.

Current FL EV In-Person ballot compared to same amount in 2012:Rep +5.5, Dem-6.3, OTH +7.1% Sorry but no news outlet is reporting the Florida In-Person Early vote data properly, which is that: FL In-person Early ballots are way up across the board, BUT relative to the point in time in 2012 with roughly the same amount of Early in person ballots received, Dems have a smaller share now than Republicans and "Other". In other words, in 2016 Dems are underperforming as a share of the ballots received, and the Republicans and Other are outperforming. I had found a Miami Herald...

Early voting begins Tuesday for Louisianians eligible to vote in the 2016 Presidential Election. Early voting begins Tuesday, Oct. 25 and continues through Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily excluding Sunday, Oct. 30. There were long lines when early voting locations opened. At one location in Ascension Parish, as many as 300 people showed up first thing Tuesday. Half-hour to hour waits were common across the area Tuesday morning.

Hillary Clinton's campaign just got some very good news from Florida. The Clinton campaign is reporting an "unprecedented" 133,000 Latinos have cast early ballots ahead of the November 8 election - a 99 percent increase in Latino voters compared to 2012, BuzzFeed News reported. The 133,000 votes consist of vote-by-mail and absentee ballots. Early voting in Florida began Monday. The Clinton campaign calls it a promising sign for the Democratic nominee as Latinos comprise 17% of the electorate in the swing state. A survey taken the week of Oct. 17 to Oct. 24 by the National Association of Latino Elected...

HOUSTON - More than 67,00 people in Harris County voted on the first day of early voting in Texas, according to officials......Monday's total in-person early voting numbers were 67,471, which has set a new record for the first day of early voting. The previous record was around 47,000 set in 2012.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is touting some “eye-popping” advantages in early voting, in an apparent effort to energize Democratic voters, but preliminary figures suggest the race remains tighter than her aides acknowledge. The preliminary numbers appear to show Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, with an edge in several of the roughly 10 battleground states that will decide the 2016 White House race. “We're seeing eye-popping vote-by-mail application numbers,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said on “Fox News Sunday.” In Arizona and North Carolina, for example, more registered Democrats than Republicans have indeed cast early ballots. But such numbers are open to...

Early voting report from Warner Robins, Georgia(Houston County). Called the middle Georgia area and home to Robins Air Force Base. I vote at the old mall, which is now just medical offices and a place for people to walk. I took a friend to rehab at 2pm and couldn't believe what I saw. Today is the first day of early voting in GA and cars were everywhere. We had to park at the other end of the mall. Was told the wait to vote was 2 HOURS!!! Houston County is STRONGLY REPUBLICAN. In 2014 Georgia Senate election, results from Houston...

Huge numbers at first day of early voting.

Tried to early vote in Texas today. First day of early voting, not expecting large crowds. Closest location is in Pasadena a Houston suburb. Middle class refinery workers mostly, large Hispanic population. Get to polling place and have to park 2 blocks away. The line wraps half way around the building (I estimate 200) people. I talk to someone in line and they said they had sent someone out to report that it would be a 3 hour wait. Very few minorities in line. Looks more like a Garth Brooks concert line. These people are not voting for Hillary. Decide...

Just returned from Early Voting in East Orlando, just South of UCF (2nd largest college campus in the US). This polling place is in a very diverse area since much of surrounding area is students and working class families. When we vote here in 2012, the lines were better than 90 black folks with Church Vans in operation and huge coordination efforts happening. Today the lines were mixed with maybe 1/2 white, very few Millennials, 1/4 Hispanic and 1/4 black. In 2012 I was completely blown away with the demographics, today is was very very different. It was about a...

(Note: I posted this on another thread about early voting in Florida but I think it needs a thread of its own.) ................................ Okay, I am now back from early voting at the Broward Country Library Tamarac Branch and I have some SHOCKING news..... First of all I did NOT vote. Actually, as you shall see, this is GOOD news. The reason why I did NOT vote is that the line was BY FAR the largest I have ever seen it for early voting at this location. It was so large that it went thru the library and snaked out...

Nevada Freepers: early voting has started and returns are listed at SecState's website, but I know nothing about NV history/voting patterns---do Rs usually have an advantage in early voting? Ds? Can someone (preferably with some data from 2012) inform me? I can get this info to the top of the Trump organization but it must be solid statistically.

Article II 4: The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. Article XIV (Amendment 14...

"The total number of in-person early ballots is down 3 percent from the same day in 2012, while those from registered Democrats are down 11 percent, from registered Republicans down 7 percent, but up among registered unaffiliated voters by 28 percent." Current breakout**: Democrat = 53% Republican = 24% Independent = 23% "Among absentee mail-in ballots, we are nearing the end of the 6th week of voting, with nearly 180,000 ballots requested and over 58,000 ballots returned and accepted for votes." Democrat = 35% Republican = 40% Independent = 25%

Early voting has begun in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, perhaps some other states. Several people have reported long lines in north Georgia, West Georgia, South Georgia in certain places in Tennessee. Today I heard from a friend about long lines in eastern North Carolina, where early voting began, I believe, yesterday. Generally speaking, I take long lines as a good sign, particularly when they occur in small-towns and rural areas. Let me know what you are seeing.

The press sure is quiet on early voting numbers???

OK, I apologize for the vanity. But, I am excited! I JUST VOTED FOR TRUMP/PENCE! And I thought I would report in. We heard some early voting reports from north Georgia yesterday (along with the Hillary bus that crapped on Lawrenceville). Those were reports of very long lines in conservative areas. So, I am reporting from Savannah, the other end of the state. I normally do not vote early, but I wanted to this time because I my be out of town on election day. The lines were long at the central early-voting location (the rear of the DMV building)....

Party Requested % ttl Rep 64,317 40.5% Dem 49,886 31.4% Una 44,605 28.1% Party Returned % ttl Rep 16,331 39.0% Dem 15,108 36.0% Una 10,488 25.0%

Voter fraud is a topic that is continuously re-visited every election year, but it seems the allegations of crime may start producing actual arrests as massive state investigations into allegations of voter fraud are breaking out all over the nation. The Democrats behind Hillary Clinton will do everything they can to keep Trump out, even if it means breaking the law. Rampant voter fraud is their tool of choice, when their candidate can’t win on her own merit.