1.6M Ballots Already Cast In MD: See Latest Data

MARYLAND — More than 1.6 million Maryland voters are among the 76.4 million Americans who have already cast their ballots in Tuesday’s 2024 presidential election.

According to a Monday analysis by NBC News of data from election officials across the country, 62 percent of Maryland's early votes were cast in person. The other 38 percent came from mail-in ballots, which can be returned via ballot dropbox or the U.S. Postal Service.

Fifty-eight percent of votes already submitted in Maryland were cast by Democrats, 26 percent were by Republicans, and 16 percent were by voters unaffiliated with either party.

Not all Marylanders who requested a mail-in ballot had returned them by Monday. Nearly 882,000 mail-in ballots have been requested so far. Around 65 percent were requested by Democrats, 17 percent by Republicans and 18 percent by voters unaffiliated with either party.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents must vote at their assigned polling place on Election Day.

Marylanders can learn how to vote by mail or dropbox here.

The campaigns of both former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris have pushed early voting to bank votes ahead of Election Day. Of early votes cast nationally, 41 percent have been cast by Democrats, 39 percent by Republicans and 20 percent by voters not affiliated with either party.

Besides the all-important presidential race, Maryland voters will decide eight U.S. House races and one Senate election on the federal ballot. There will also be a referendum asking voters if Maryland should enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution.