[deport]

Early voting only give those who would cheat, the opportunity to do so. IMHO

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Maybe but the process is still the same so if one is inclined to cheat then they’ll do it whether during early voting or on election day.

[John.Galt2012]

I'm not saying we shouldn't have absentee votes (i.e. sailors at sea or deployed servicemen), that's a good thing and valid. And helping the legitimately disabled or elderly vote is a good thing as well. However, I have had discussions with some "shady characters" (that's all I can say about it) and was told that is why the Republicans 48 hour push has been so effective in the past. Those who would stuff ballot boxes, find lost ballot boxes or bring in bus loads of illegitimate voters don't know how many bus loads or ballot boxes to bring in without pushing the edge of reality, i.e. more votes than actual population. By sampling the early votes, they get a rough estimate of how many votes to “create”.