Final early voting numbers show 2020 absentee spike didn’t last
There were 44,647 early and absentee votes cast from Friday, July 12, through Saturday, July 27, slightly more than half of the 81,313 early votes cast in 2020. (The Daily Memphian file)
The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused a spike in absentee voting that didn’t repeat itself this year.
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