A Majority of Democratic Votes Were Not Cast at the Polls
Despite its Democratic majority, Delaware’s voting rules are among the most restrictive in the country. Perhaps that Democratic majority ought to rethink that — in yesterday’s Democratic senatorial primary, 52% of the votes were absentee ballots vs. 48% cast in person. Chris Coons was particularly dependent on early voting, with only 43% of his votes cast in person vs. 60% for Jessica Scarane.
Meanwhile, on the Republican side, 77% of voters cast ballots in person, bringing the total percentage of absentee ballots down to 43.6% of those cast. They really do have a herd mentality.
Alby, does Delaware count the early voting ballots early? In Arizona, as long as they get to the Election Commission the Sat before Election day, they’ll be tabulated before election day. We’ve been told out here to mail in (we’re actually going to drop them off) the ballots by Oct 27th to ensure that they are counted early
I haven’t asked the department of elections, but the results Tuesday started with the absentee/mail-in totals, so my guess is that any ballots received before election day are counted first.