Summer isn’t over, but America’s “election season” is already well underway. In fact, some people are now casting votes in person for the general election.
In-person early or absentee voting for the Nov. 5 general election starts Sept. 20 in Virginia, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
In Virginia, local registrars across the state will be open for “absentee voting in person,” which continues through Nov. 2 at 5 p.m.
Other satellite locations for early voting are listed on the state’s election website. Some will not open until a few weeks after Sept. 20.
Voters need not provide an excuse to participate in that month-and-a-half-long early voting period in Virginia. That’s thanks to legislation that took effect in 2020 alongside a raft of other bills expanding absentee voting in the state—for example, a law permitting absentee ballots postmarked on Election Day to be accepted up to three days later….