Requests from registered Democrats outpace those from Republicans by more than 1.3 million ballot requests among CNN's most competitive-rated states currently reporting that data. In the critical state of North Carolina, absentee ballot requests surpassed 1 million on Wednesday. Records already setFifteen states surveyed have already had more absentee ballot requests than total pre-Election Day votes cast in 2016. The Ohio Secretary of State announced this week more than 1,784,000 absentee ballot applications have been received by local boards of elections. Michigan's nearly 2.4 million ballot requests so far is "more than ever before," according to the secretary of state's office.

Source: CNN September 25, 2020 09:56 UTC