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Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress
AP via Yahoo! ^ | September 17, 2026 | ALI SWENSON, SARAH RANKIN and SARAH RAZA

Posted on 09/21/2026 5:11:19 AM PDT by Red Badger

HENRICO, Va. (AP) — In-person voting for this year's midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues.

Election administrators say they are prepared and confident the vote will be accurate and secure. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump has continued efforts to denigrate certain voting methods and reshape how elections are run, through court challenges, a federal hunt for noncitizen voters and a pressure campaign to force election officials to share sensitive voter data.

Friday was the start of early voting in Virginia. Voters in a few other states, including Minnesota and South Dakota, can cast absentee ballots in person, typically at a local election office or voting center. More expansive early voting is scheduled to begin in those and other states in the coming weeks.

Advertisement At a voting location in Fairfax, Virginia, 18-year-old college student Sanya Singhal was among the first to vote early in person Friday morning, arriving well before the site opened to get in line.

"Why not just have a little fun in life, you know, try to be the first early voter?" she asked. "I really want to participate in my democracy."

At a voting location in suburban Richmond, a poll worker rang a bell as the building opened and about a dozen voters in line began to file in. Stephen Gura was excited to be the first.

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Voting this early is stupid!.........
1 posted on 09/21/2026 5:11:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

LOL ... is this a dog whistle headline/article?

Or....Could give Repubs even MORE control in Congress, AssPress!


2 posted on 09/21/2026 5:14:31 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Jane Long

If early voting could be used to benefit MAGA, Deep State wouldn’t allow it.


3 posted on 09/21/2026 5:19:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, )
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To: mewzilla

Unfortunately, giving more time to vote gives more time to cheat to the “win at all costs” degenerates.


4 posted on 09/21/2026 5:22:23 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Red Badger
There should be one voting day. Anyone knowing they can't cast a ballot on that date can get an absentee ballot in advance. It's common practice now to let the infirm vote from a parked vehicle at the precinct. A lot of workplaces excuse employees early to vote.

There is very little reason why in most circumstances a person cannot vote on a single election date.

And bring back paper ballots.

5 posted on 09/21/2026 5:22:39 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Jane Long

The concept of ‘Early Voting’ is being abused big time in blue states.

It should be no longer than a week or ten days at the most.

Six weeks is ridiculous! Lots of time for mischief, and evil to take place.................


6 posted on 09/21/2026 5:25:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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>Voting this early is stupid!.........

Why? You either realize NEITHER side of the Uniparty cares not one whit re: the People & less so of the Constitution, or you don’t.

Even if Congress came back from their vacation from a vacation, nothing would get accomplished to sway the Uniparty voters from their reflexive “But MY party is better” myopic lever pulling.


7 posted on 09/21/2026 5:25:43 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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To: Red Badger

Honest question here. Why?


8 posted on 09/21/2026 5:28:04 AM PDT by MomentsofSanity
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To: MomentsofSanity

The only reason the Left instituted Early Voting in the first place was to create more votes for their candidates. Once that ballot is in the drop box it is golden.

Which is another thing that needs to be outlawed, unguarded stand alone drop boxes. There are videos of people dropping off BUNDLES of ballots which is definitely illegal.............


9 posted on 09/21/2026 5:33:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran
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Cost of living created by Biden letting in millions.
The gas prices are high, but obviously temporary.
If Dems take over, it would be permanent!
We would get the EU prices like $8/gal.

The is no mentions of Trump long list of successes.


10 posted on 09/21/2026 5:33:38 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Red Badger

AP headline writers love to sneak in their wishes...


11 posted on 09/21/2026 5:48:34 AM PDT by misterdarcey (Abandon all nuance, ye who enter here.)
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To: Red Badger

Early voting shouldn’t be any more than a few days out. Never understood why people need to vote over a month before election day.


12 posted on 09/21/2026 5:50:45 AM PDT by dforest
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Well, for one thing the DEAD are really, really slow at voting.............


13 posted on 09/21/2026 6:00:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Another reason why we’re not going to vote our way out of this...


14 posted on 09/21/2026 6:06:55 AM PDT by drwoof
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California, Oregon and Washington state are lost causes.

We might still be able to flip New York and New England..................


15 posted on 09/21/2026 6:12:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

We don’t have Election Day anymore, we have Election MONTH(S). And with the way some states allow ballots to flood in for weeks, sometimes more.


16 posted on 09/21/2026 6:17:37 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: fwdude

Citizens have always had the option of absentee ballots. ‘Early Voting’ exists solely for the Democrats and RINOs to cheat their way into power. No other reason exists..........


17 posted on 09/21/2026 6:25:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

That’s a given.


18 posted on 09/21/2026 6:26:35 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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could flip control of Congress...

Not if enough Republicans vote 'early'... And more importantly 'often'.

19 posted on 09/21/2026 6:29:12 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Red Badger

Early voting makes a mockery of ‘election day’...
Early voting, mail-in ballots, and absentee voting are all shameful usurpations of the election process that was manifest in the Nation for over a century.


20 posted on 09/21/2026 6:41:03 AM PDT by PubliusMM (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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