Data was not collected for elections which indicate "Not Available."

Vote by Mail (Absentee) Ballot Use 1962-2008
	PRIMARY			GENERAL
Year	Mail Ballots	Ballots Cast	%	Mail Ballots	Ballots Cast	%
1962	Not available			156,167	5,929,602	2.63%
1964	Not available			304,858	7,233,067	4.21%
1966	95,993	5,079,911	1.89%	218,242	6,505,067	3.35%
1968	Not available			334,365	7,363,711	4.54%
1970	100,455	5,011,908	2.00%	204,143	6,633,400	3.08%
1972	204,216	6,460,220	3.16%	405,688	8,595,950	4.72%
1974	159,831	5,128,375	3.12%	Not available
1976	Not available			366,535	8,137,202	4.50%
1978	325,518	6,843,001	4.76%	314,258	7,132,210	4.41%
1980	343,875	6,774,184	5.08%	549,007	8,775,459	6.26%
1982	326,213	5,856,026	5.57%	525,186	8,064,314	6.51%
1984	418,109	5,609,063	7.45%	913,574	9,796,375	9.33%
1986	426,133	4,937,936	8.63%	685,574	7,617,142	9.00%
1988	572,057	6,037,463	9.48%	1,434,853	10,194,539	14.07%
1990	808,838	5,386,537	15.02%	1,452,139	7,899,131	18.38%
1992	1,073,071	6,440,287	16.66%	1,950,179	11,374,184	17.15%
1993	Statewide Special Election			1,156,214	5,282,443	21.89%
1994	1,011,563	4,966,827	20.37%	2,009,643	8,900,636	22.58%
1996	1,415,176	6,081,777	23.27%	2,078,065	10,263,490	20.25%
1998	1,566,882	6,202,618	25.26%	2,131,484	8,621,121	24.72%
2000	1,842,891	7,883,385	23.38%	2,732,947	11,142,843	24.53%
2002	1,378,413	5,286,204	26.08%	2,096,094	7,738,821	27.09%
2003	Statewide Special Election			2,775,785	9,413,377	29.49%
2004	2,293,321	6,684,421	34.31%	4,105,179	12,589,683	32.61%
2005	Special Statewide Election			3,183,614	7,968,757	39.95%
2006	2,471,358	5,269,142	46.90%	3,696,940	8,899,059	41.54%
2008	3,777,094	9,068,415	41.65%	Early Presidential Primary Election
2008	2,671,230	4,550,227	58.71%	5,722,465	13,743,177	41.64%

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