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'''Early voting''', better described as "political-machine voting," refers to extending voting over many days or weeks, without safeguards against voter fraud. "In 2020, 43% of voters cast ballots by mail and another 26% voted in person before Election Day. In 2016, 21% mailed in their ballots and 19% voted in person prior to Election Day."<ref>https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/what-methods-did-people-use-to-vote-in-2020-election.html</ref>
'''Early voting''' refers to extending voting over many days or weeks.<ref>Early voting has fewer safeguards for voter integrity than in-person, Election Day voting.</ref> "In 2020, 43% of voters cast ballots by mail and another 26% voted in person before Election Day. In 2016, 21% mailed in their ballots and 19% voted in person prior to Election Day."<ref>https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/what-methods-did-people-use-to-vote-in-2020-election.html</ref>
'''''In a system that unwisely permits early voting, however, there are [[conservative]] reasons for voting early'''''. It's like a sport where a [[liberal]] rule change is made, such as adding the "designated hitter" in baseball, and then it becomes necessary to exploit the rule change to win. Voting early frees a conservative campaign from spending scarce resources to turn out these votes, and avoids the injustice of a polling precinct running out of paper ballots. Voting early also avoids obstacles such as natural disasters, medical or transportation problems, and an unexpected need to travel out-of-town.
'''''In a system that unwisely permits early voting, however, there are [[conservative]] reasons for voting early'''''. It's like a sport where a [[liberal]] rule change is made, such as adding the "designated hitter" in baseball, and then it becomes necessary to exploit the rule change to win. Voting early frees a conservative campaign from spending scarce resources to turn out these votes, and avoids the injustice of a polling precinct running out of paper ballots. Voting early also avoids obstacles such as natural disasters, medical or transportation problems, and an unexpected need to travel out-of-town.