OK.
More than 8.4 million voters, including more than 4.5 million Democrats and more than 3.1 million Republicans, have voted early as of Oct. 18, according to data-collection firm TargetSmart.
One sign that could be a positive indicator for Democrats, however, is the number of newly registered voters since 2022: 49% of the 17.82 million are Democrats, 34% are Republicans and 17% are unaffiliated with either party, CBS reported Wednesday, citing TargetSmart data.
@Cosmichomicide Huge Lines?
@Cosmichomicide it took about an hour and a half in my neck of the woods today - from getting in line to scanning the ballot
Yeah, he'd never be able to stand that long. Looking like Monday.
@Cosmichomicide In our county, it's crazy close, the numbers on early voters and people requesting absentee ballots the first week of voting are:
Dems 10,183
Reps 10,082
Unaffiliated 24,808
I'm hoping those unaffiliated folks have had enough of 
I have now tried to vote twice. HUGE lines. So we are going to make the lines bigger when they start to drop. (Mr. Cosmic is still recovering from ankle surgery - standing with his boot and walker... nope.)