| − | '''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. | + | '''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. |
| | 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> | | 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> |