Mail voting is most common in Philly neighborhoods that have high turnout overall
Mail voting in Philly has declined significantly since it was first introduced, a Billy Penn analysis shows, but the popularity varies widely by neighborhood.
Center City and Northwest Philadelphia voters were the most likely residents to cast mail ballots in last year’s general election, while North and Northeast Philly neighborhoods voted by mail at lower rates.
Of over a million registered voters in Philadelphia, 8.8% had requested a mail ballot by Friday for this year’s primary, per Pa. Department of State data.
Among Democrats — who make up 76% of Philly’s voter base and have nine mayoral candidates to choose from this month — just over 10% of voters requested mail ballots so far this cycle. (The deadline to request one is Tuesday.) Nearly 30,000 of around 80,000 Democratic mail ballots had already been returned as of Friday morning.
https://billypenn.com/2023/05/08/mail-voting-philadelphia-map-general-election/
