Early Voting Signals High Turnout in U.S. Midterms

High interest in early voting across America is signaling that this year’s elections could meet or possibly exceed 2018’s record midterm turnout.

More than 13 million ballots had been cast in the general election through Wednesday, a higher pace of early voting than seen across many states four years ago, according to data from the U.S. Elections Project and the Associated Press. Overall, votes cast by mail are making up the majority of the ballots reported by election officials countrywide, though some states such as hotly contested Georgia—where many people are voting early in person—are bucking that...