“Why do we have early voting?”
If voting happened on just one day, the lines would be long enough to reach Europe - it couldn’t be done in one day.
Voting by mail allows disabled people who can’t get to the polls, to vote and allows the elderly to vote without having to stand in long lines on election day. It allows people to vote who won’t be in their town on election day. It also allows people in jail who haven’t been convicted, to vote. It allows people in nursing homes to vote.
I am over 65 and will vote by mail so I don’t have to fight for a parking space and stand in line for a long time which would kill my lower back and wouldn’t be able to walk the next day and I’d be on pain pills. That is such a bad problem, I likely would not vote if I had to stand it line.
All those reasons is why we have early voting and voting by mail.
In Texas with early in person voting most likely you’ll not have to stand in any long lines. At least I’ve never have had to. Generally walk up and within five minutes I’m at a voting machine.
Funny, but all those people used to vote just on election day except for some absentee ballots. Early voting was another Dem initiative to give them more time and flexibility to cheat. All those college students will be voting where they attend school as well as in their state of residence.