In [[Colorado]] in "2008, Democrats had about a 25,000-ballot advantage over Republicans in early voting. But Republican turnout zoomed past Democrats' on Election Day, and more Republicans than Democrats ultimately voted in 2008."<ref>http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16495705</ref> In 2010, there were about 1,638,000 votes cast for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat from [[Colorado]], but well over 1 million people participated in early voting.<ref>http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_322cccba-e3e1-11df-9a7b-001cc4c03286.html</ref>
==Maryland==
[[Maryland]] voters approved a constitutional amendment in November 2008 to allow early voting starting with the primary elections in 2010. Maryland now offers both early voting in person and absentee voting by mail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.state.md.us/voting/early_voting.html |title=Early Voting |publisher=Elections.state.md.us |date= |accessdate=November 14, 2012}}</ref>
In the 2012 General Election, 430,573 early votes were cast in Maryland. Of these early votes, 13.9% of registered Democratic voters and 9.3% of registered Republican voters voted early.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.state.md.us/press_room/2012_stats_general/evpg12/statewide.pdf|format=PDF|title=Unofficial Early Vote Turnout (Statewide)|accessdate=November 14, 2012}}</ref>
== Virginia==
Virginia does not have formal early voting. However, Virginia provides for both mail-in and in-person absentee voting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hamptonroads.com/2012/10/inperson-absentee-voting-starts-today-va|title=In-person absentee voting scheduled today in Va.|first=Julian|last=Walker|work=The Virginian-Pilot|date=October 27, 2012|accessdate=October 27, 2012}}</ref> To vote absentee, the voter must fill out an affidavit stating that one of several reasons for absentee voting applies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/AbsenteeVoting.html|title=Absentee Voting|accessdate=October 27, 2012}}</ref> In contrast, in early voting states, any voter can vote before election day without stating a reason.