{"id":48748,"date":"2016-10-11T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T22:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=48748"},"modified":"2016-12-19T08:46:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T14:46:34","slug":"voter-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/voter-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"How to vote before traveling on Election Day (infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On any given day nearly 2 million Americans take to the skies<\/a> and\u00a0hundreds of thousands more are criss-crossing the country via car or rail. That’s a lot of people who may miss the chance to have their voices heard on November 8.<\/p>\n

That’s why Orbitz<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is partnering with Google<\/strong> to give travelers\u00a0information on where and\u00a0how to vote absentee before they travel to make sure everyAmerican\u2014even jet-setters\u2014has their voice heard on Election Day.<\/p>\n

Looking for more info on how to vote absentee? Make sure your voice is heard this November!<\/p>\n

*Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to register<\/p>\n

*Click here<\/a> to vote early<\/p>\n

*Click here<\/a>\u00a0to vote absentee<\/p>\n

See below\u00a0for more voting stats and remember\u00a0to\u00a0#votebeforeyougo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Election<\/a><\/p>\n

2012 VOTING *FACTS
\nOnly 56.5% vote in person at polling places
\nNearly 22 million (or 16.6%) of domestic voters cast absentee ballots
\nUniformed and overseas citizens accounted for 600,000 or .5% of votes cast
\nVoting by mail accounted for 6.5 million or 4.9% of votes cast
\nEarly voting accounts for 11.8 million or 9% of all votes cast
\nThe state with the highest voter turnout rate is Minnesota
\nThe state with the lowest voter turnout rate is Mississippi
\nThe states with the highest amount of absentee voters are Colorado, Arizona, Montana and Georgia<\/h5>\n

Source: *eac.gov 2012 polling data<\/p>\n

\"Orbitz,<\/a><\/p>\n

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