How do absentee votes affect projections?
In a number of states significant numbers of voters cast their ballots before Election Day. They either cast an absentee ballot or they vote at voting locations set-up for voters in the weeks leading up to the election. A sample of absentee/early voters are interviewed by telephone shortly before the election. Edison combines the results of these absentee/early voters’ interviews with the Election Day Interviews in the survey results reported by the NEP.