Vision 2020: Are absentee votes and mail-in votes different?

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy What’s the difference between absentee voting and mail voting? Absentee voting the president sometimes argues, means someone has to proactively request a ballot as opposed to automatically getting one in the mail, which he calls mail voting. AP’s Advance Voting guide brings you the facts about voting early, by mail or absentee from each state: https://interactives.ap.org/advance-voting-2020/