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So observed Georgia legislator Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), explaining his opposition to having early voting on Sunday at a mall "dominated by African American shoppers."<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/millar.ga/posts/718236501557052?comment_id=718266534887382&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D]</ref>

So observed Georgia legislator Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), explaining his opposition to having early voting on Sunday at a mall "dominated by African American shoppers."<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/millar.ga/posts/718236501557052?comment_id=718266534887382&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D]</ref>

Mail-in voting, which is the biggest type of early voting, is universal in five states: Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington.<ref name="states"></ref> Three states allow mail-in voting at the option of each county: California, Nebraska and North Dakota.<ref name="states"/> Ten states authorize specific mail-in voting for certain minor elections:  Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming.<ref name="states"/>

Mail-in voting, which is the biggest type of early voting, is universal in eight states (see below). Two additional states allow mail-in voting at the option of each county: Nebraska and North Dakota.  Ten states authorize specific mail-in voting for certain minor elections:  Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

Early voting increases taxpayer expenses by millions of dollars but does not increase turnout.  Doug Preisse, a Republican member of the Franklin County Board of Elections, described early voting as "contort[ing] the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine."<ref>[http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/08/19/fight-over-poll-hours-isnt-just-political.html]</ref> "Early voting, in a sense, is like having my students evaluate my course halfway through the first class," said Professor Matt Streb, who also observed that early voting does not increase overall voter turnout.<ref>http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20121111/news/711119900/</ref>   

Early voting increases taxpayer expenses by millions of dollars but does not increase turnout.  Doug Preisse, a Republican member of the Franklin County Board of Elections, described early voting as "contort[ing] the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine."<ref>[http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/08/19/fight-over-poll-hours-isnt-just-political.html]</ref> "Early voting, in a sense, is like having my students evaluate my course halfway through the first class," said Professor Matt Streb, who also observed that early voting does not increase overall voter turnout.<ref>http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20121111/news/711119900/</ref>