Nearly 500,000 votes cast before anyone saw Trump's tape, debate

More than 450,000 Americans cast their votes for president before the release of Donald Trump’s now-infamous leaked video of his lewd comments about women, and before Hillary Clinton and Trump locked horns at Sunday’s debate.

Among the 27 states that have made the data available, early votes or absentee ballots have been returned by at least 455,878 people, CNN reported Tuesday. The data collected from most of the states covered a time period up to Thursday, a day before the news broke of the 2005 video tape. Some states cover a period ending earlier and as many ballots may be in the mail but not yet delivered, it is possible that the total number of votes made before the revelations and the debate is likely higher.