No. No. NO!!!
The EV cannibalize the votes that would normally be cast on Election Day!!!
There is no study, article, fact or any other bullshit that proves early voting magically creates more votes or indicates more votes are gonna be cast in any particular election. It means that the early voting, process, mechanism, procedure has been made to work well or at least better than before.
That is all it means man! Jesus!
Dude. I get it. Here is Nate Silver’s crew on this subject, which I believe.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dont-read-too-much-into-early-voting/
Money Quote from Nate Silver and Early Vote signals:
“Generally, though, if you want to know what’s going to happen on Election Day, you’re far better off consulting the polls. Or, you know, waiting two weeks.”
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dont-read-too-much-into-early-voting/