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'''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>

'''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.

'''''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.

The [[University of Florida]] posts a frequently updated early voting tracker. As of October 19, 2024, the total of early votes so far was 12.8 million, while in states that have party registration, the [[Democrat]] advantage was only 47-32%.<ref>https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2024-early-voting/</ref>  For comparison, by Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, there were "at least 27.9 million people who have voted in the 2020 general election";<ref>In 2016, before a great expansion in early voting, the total number of early votes was only 5.9 million at this same time.</ref> the Dem advantage in these early votes in 2020 was the enormous margin of 53-25%.<ref>https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/Early_Vote_Analysis_10_18.html (2020 for comparison)</ref>

 

Early voting by conservatives frees a conservative candidate's 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.

'''''Early voting is a liberal gimmick that has the effect of partially disenfranchising the value of informed votes on Election Day'''''.  In 2013, states began working towards a restoration of [[Election Day]] voting by cutting back on the expansive early voting.  For example, Nebraska trimmed its period of early voting back a bit.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/voting-rights-by-state-map</ref>

'''''Early voting is a liberal gimmick that has the effect of partially disenfranchising the value of informed votes on Election Day'''''.  In 2013, states began working towards a restoration of [[Election Day]] voting by cutting back on the expansive early voting.  For example, Nebraska trimmed its period of early voting back a bit.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/voting-rights-by-state-map</ref>