Early voting surges to record 53 million ballots in US midterms

With two days until Election Day, more than 53 million Americans had voted early, setting records and outpacing the 2022 total.

• More than 53 million Americans had voted early as of Sunday, including 23 million by mail, according to the University of Florida.
• Texas recorded 7.6 million early votes, and North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia also set midterm early-voting records.
• Democrats had cast roughly 11 million early ballots to Republicans' 8 million, accounting for 43 percent of early votes.
• Trump has repeatedly questioned mail-in voting security, citing claims of widespread election fraud.