Early voting for 2024 election underway in dozens of states with 28 million ballots cast so far

Washington — With early voting underway in all seven battleground states and in another three dozen states, millions of Americans have cast their ballots already.

More than 28 million people have voted early so far, according to data from the University of Florida's Election Lab, with the most voting by mail. Democrats are outpacing Republicans in casting their ballots early, data from 25 states that report party registration shows.

More Republicans have cast roughly 327,000 more ballots in person so far, while more Democrats have returned 1.3 million more mail ballots than registered GOP voters, according to the Election Lab.