What is the voting-eligible population or VEP?
The voting-eligible population is a phrase I coined to describe the population that is eligible to vote. Counted among the voting-age population are persons who are ineligible to vote, such as non-citizens, felons (depending on state law), and mentally incapacitated persons. Not counted are persons in the military or civilians living overseas. The voting-age population is appropriately adjusted in order to arrive at the voting-eligible population, as described below. For maximum transparency, the voting-age population estimates and statistics used to modify it to arrive at the voting-eligible population are provided in each year’s table of turnout rates.
