An Instagram post said “two thirds of eligible voters don’t vote.” Data from 2018 and 2020 elections contradict that claim.
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In 2020, overall turnout was 66.7% — so two-thirds of eligible voters cast ballots in that election, the opposite of what the post claimed. Due to states that changed laws about early or mail voting after the 2018 election, it’s not a perfect comparison to look at 2022 data. In 2018, for example, only Pennsylvania voters with an excuse such as being out of town were allowed to cast an absentee ballot. But in 2019, the General Assembly passed a law allowing any voter to cast a mail ballot.
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