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::: You are correct that they are not swing states, though I hope that instead of burring information on Washington and Oregon at the bottom of the article, we could expand the table since the article is about early voting and not early voting in swing states. Also, for the record, I disagree with your use of quotes around early voting in that section since ever vote that is cast before election day is, by definition, early.  In line with this common sense approach, I will edit that contribution accordingly.  '''EDITED TO ADD''':I see that you also removed a line noting that all states release lists of those who voted after an election. This information is correct, and was discussed prior to insertion on this talk page. Since you removed it without discussion, am editing the article to re-include it--pending your response.  Thanks, [[User:WilliamWB|WilliamWB]] 12:44, 15 November 2012 (EST)

::: You are correct that they are not swing states, though I hope that instead of burring information on Washington and Oregon at the bottom of the article, we could expand the table since the article is about early voting and not early voting in swing states. Also, for the record, I disagree with your use of quotes around early voting in that section since ever vote that is cast before election day is, by definition, early.  In line with this common sense approach, I will edit that contribution accordingly.  '''EDITED TO ADD''':I see that you also removed a line noting that all states release lists of those who voted after an election. This information is correct, and was discussed prior to insertion on this talk page. Since you removed it without discussion, am editing the article to re-include it--pending your response.  Thanks, [[User:WilliamWB|WilliamWB]] 12:44, 15 November 2012 (EST)

:It is true that most (if not all) states make the list of registered voters available after the election, including whether the particular voter participated in the primary or general election.  It is also true that many states make list of early voters or absentee voters available during the period before election day, which will allow campaigns to taylor their voter contacts in light of who has already voted and who has not.  Neither of these is necessarily related to voter intimidation. For example, a campaign might want to contact past voters on the assumption that they are more likely to vote in the next election as well. Similarly, if a campaign knows that someone has already voted early, then the campaign will not waste time or money contacting them again in its GOTV efforts.  While making such data public is specified in various state laws, the fact that it is public is not evidence that voter intimidation in fact occurs.  If an argument is being constructed that there is voter intimidation of early voters, then the fact that the list of all voters is also made public after the election is completely irrelevant to the argument. Thanks for all that you do for CP. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 16:31, 15 November 2012 (EST)

:It is true that most (if not all) states make the list of registered voters available after the election, including whether the particular voter participated in the primary or general election.  It is also true that many states make list of early voters or absentee voters available during the period before election day, which will allow campaigns to taylor their voter contacts in light of who has already voted and who has not.  Neither of these is necessarily related to voter intimidation. For example, a campaign might want to contact past voters on the assumption that they are more likely to vote in the next election as well. Similarly, if a campaign knows that someone has already voted early, then the campaign will not waste time or money contacting them again in its GOTV efforts.  While making such data public is specified in various state laws, the fact that it is public is not evidence that voter intimidation in fact occurs.  If an argument is being constructed that there is voter intimidation of early voters, then the fact that the list of all voters is also made public after the election is completely irrelevant to the argument. Thanks for all that you do for CP. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 16:31, 15 November 2012 (EST)

== re: claim that early voting undermines voter ID ==

== re: claim that early voting undermines voter ID ==