Las Vegas, NV - Today CQ Politics published a story titled Early Voting, Underway in Ohio and Elsewhere, Scrambles Campaign Logic that provides a good overview of how this process is impacting campaign strategy and voter participation.
Still, 31 states now allow some form of no-excuse, in-person early voting, according to a recent compilation by the National Association of Secretaries of State, an organization of state officials who oversee election laws.
Perhaps one-third of the 2008 electorate will vote before Election Day, counting those who visit "early voting" polling places set up by state authorities and those who use longer-established "absentee ballot" procedures - often limited to those who say they will be out of their home precincts or otherwise unable to make it to a polling station on Election Day - that are available in some form in all 50 states.
As a Nevada resident, Early Voting has been an important part of our election process and has reshaped how parties and candidates plan their get-out-the-vote strategies. I am proud of the fact that our government has engaged in a process to make voting more accessible to citizens. Living in a 24 hour town, there are many voters who would not be able to participate if not for Early Voting.
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