The 2024 presidential election is fast approaching and Massachusetts residents can begin casting early ballots in person beginning on Saturday.
Voters nationwide have returned a total of 8,119,317 advance ballots in the Nov. 5 general election, with Bay State voters having already cast 360,707 mail-in ballots as of Friday morning, according to the Associated Press .
In 2020, almost two-thirds of voters cast an early ballot, a pandemic-driven spike in America’s decades-long shift to favor voting in advance of Election Day.
Candidates for president and vice president on the Massachusetts election ballot have been finalized:
- AYYADURAI and ELLIS, Independent
- DE LA CRUZ and GARCIA, Socialism and Liberation
- HARRIS and WALZ, Democratic
- OLIVER and TER MAAT, Libertarian
- STEIN and CABALLERO-ROCA, Green-Rainbow Party
- TRUMP and VANCE, Republican
In addition to selecting a president, Massachusetts residents will be asked to vote races for the US House and Senate. They’ll also face five ballot questions :