Early voting turnout for this year’s midterm elections is shredding records across the country.

The surge comes as mail-in ballot returns are plummeting compared to previous midterm election years, a likely reaction to Donald Trump’s threats to voting by mail and his attempts to take control of the nation’s elections , according to voting rights groups and election experts.

As of Friday morning, more than 22 million Americans have already cast their ballots with less than two weeks before Election Day, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida, the leading authority for independent voting data.…