美, 대선 사전투표 7배 급증...공화당, 우편투표 수거함 무단설치<br /><br />With the U.S. presidential election just three weeks away, the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a massive frenzy to vote early.<br />For more on this and other news around the world, let's turn to our Kim Jae-hee.<br />Jae-hee, tell us more about the situation in the U.S.<br />Mok-yeon, like you said, there's been a surge in early voters as people sought for a safer way to cast their ballots amid the pandemic.<br />According to the U.S. Elections Project, more than 10-point-6 million voters had cast their ballot either in-person or via mail as of Tuesday local time.<br />That's more than seven times the number who had voted early at the same point four years ago.<br />Data also shows early voting in several states including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Virginia and Vermont has already exceeded 20 percent of their total votes from 2016.<br />Amid the frenzy, California is in a dispute with the Republican Party over unofficial ballot drop boxes, set up in at least three of its counties.<br />California on Monday ordered the GOP to remove all the boxes by Thursday, but the Republicans are refusing, saying state law does not specifically ban them doing what they're doing.<br />
