AGENCY TESTIMONY
Absentee and mail-in voting trends in the 2024 election
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Michael Ryan discusses the trends in absentee and mail-in voting for the 2024 election, noting a significant decrease in paper ballot participation compared to the 2020 election cycle.
- Paper ballot participation dropped from over 700,000 in 2020 to less than 400,000 in 2024
- Despite efforts to promote absentee and mail-in voting, voters seem to prefer in-person voting
- Ryan suggests this might be the beginning of a trend, but more election cycles are needed to confirm
Michael Ryan
0:16:44
Public education, period to impress that absentee balloting and early mail balloting was also, an option.
0:16:54
We did see a significant drop off of, pay what I'll call paper participation, from 2020.
0:17:02
There was over 700,000.
0:17:04
There was less than 400,000, this election cycle.
0:17:08
And we did a robust campaign, spent about $1,500,000, to do that, which was in education regarding early mail balloting, absentee balloting, and early voting.
0:17:22
For whatever reason, I I I do see that we perhaps are entering a trend.
0:17:27
We'll have to wait another couple of election cycles to see if it is.
0:17:29
But voters seem to prefer, the in person voting, you know, process.
0:17:37
For whatever reason that may be, it's their option.
0:17:40
All we can do as the board of elections is present options, and then the voters will avail themselves of the options, that we present.
