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I'm just not getting all this "early voting." I thought election day was Nov 4? I understand the need for absentee balloting for those who are serving our armed forces overseas or otherwise away from their home on election day but that used to be done by mail and was the exception to the rule. Everybody else had to drag their butts to the polling places on the actual Election Day.
Early voting seems to me to set up a perfect opportunity for vote tampering. What happens to the ballots cast during the 7-10 days leading up to Election Day? How can we be sure they are not being tampered with?

I agree with every word of your post. This early voting is for the birds, it only gives an opportunity for mischief. If you can't make it to the polls on election day, vote absentee. PERIOD.

If you can't make it to the polls on election day, vote absentee.

Early voting is a form of absentee voting in Davidson County, TN. You can't vote by mail-in absentee in Davidson County unless you certify that you are going to be outside your registered voting precinct the entire election day. You would have me act like a Democrat and lie about it? Since I work on one side of the county and reside on the other, I consider early voting a wonderful invention. I can vote during lunch during my work day instead of standing in lines at the polls before or after work on election day. There's no need to eschew modern conveniences and resort to pen, paper and standing in line for hours on end. I really don't see the opportunity for fraud any more than a one day election. The number of voters are posted each day on the election website. If on election night your final vote total doesn't equal the early voting total plus the election night total, then there's a problem.