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In early primaries, voters favor polling places over mail

FILE - Marcia Carroll, 72, of Perrysburg takes an Ohio voting sticker at the Woodland Elementary School Polling location in Perrysburg, Ohio, on Tuesday May 3, 2022. The great vote-by-mail wave appears to be receding just as quickly as it arrived. After tens of millions of Americans opted for mail ballots during the pandemic election of 2020, voters in the early primary states are returning in droves to in-person voting. (Stephen Zenner/The Blade via AP, File)

FILE - Kisha Freeman, 47, and Fermae Hill, 72, both of West Toledo, vote at the Kent Branch Library in Toledo, Ohio on Tuesday May 3, 2022. The great vote-by-mail wave appears to be receding just as quickly as it arrived. After tens of millions of Americans opted for mail ballots during the pandemic election of 2020, voters in the early primary states are returning in droves to in-person voting.(Stephen Zenner/The Blade via AP, File)

FILE - Raymond Broedel casts his ballot at the City-County Building in the final hours of early voting in the primary election in Indianapolis, Monday, May 2, 2022. The great vote-by-mail wave appears to be receding just as quickly as it arrived. After tens of millions of Americans opted for mail ballots during the pandemic election of 2020, voters in the early primary states are returning in droves to in-person voting. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Debbie Hamby, 66, casts a ballot at an early voting site in Acworth, Ga., on Friday, May 6, 2022. Hamby, a nurse from Kennesaw, Georgia, says she believes in-person voting is more secure and supports limits on mail ballots. (AP Photo/Christina A. Cassidy)

Ursula Gruenewald, a resident of Acworth, Ga., cast her ballot at an early voting site on Friday, May 6, 2022. Gruenewald, who usually votes by mail, said she had a difficult time navigating recent changes to the mail voting process in Georgia and decided to vote at the early voting site to avoid the possibility of long lines on Election Day.(AP Photo/Christina A. Cassidy)

In early primaries, voters favor polling places over mail