I have a generalized fear that all forms of early voting only allow the bad guys an opportunity to know how many ballots they need to print at 3 AM on the first Wednesday in November.
On the other hand if you wait until election day you might find out that you already voted two weeks ago.
Or your ballot did, anyway.
Most states now require all ballots in by Election Day. 7pm in Arizona. And both parties have people watching - by law. Plus a live video feed. No one is going to produce votes in the night.
According to NBC, so far in Arizona:
33% of ballot requests are Democrat.
36% are Republican.
31% Independent.
Of ballots turned in so far:
35% are Democrat.
43% are Republican.
22% Independent.
Looks to me like Republicans are more enthusiastic than Dems. If Independents are waiting to vote, then the current trend toward Trump should help.
I’m inclined to agree with you which is why I don’t understand why DT and DTJr are telling us to early vote
Early voting helps the GOTV effort. You can take the already voted out of the database and focus on getting the rest out to vote.
Changes the financial and volunteer cost of GOTV hugely.