The Success of Early Voting - NYTimes.com

But the truth is that early voting actually makes it harder for the forces of disenfranchisement to stop eligible voters from casting ballots. If election officials try to require voters to present ID when it is not required by law, early voting gives voters a chance to simply return the next day. Dirty tricks are also harder to pull off. If political operatives want to jam get-out-the-vote telephone lines, as they did on Election Day in New Hampshire in ... Full Story »

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Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Election Reform
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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Oct 30, 2008 - 4:36 PM PDT
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Edited by: Chris Finnie - Oct 30, 2008 - 4:36 PM PDT

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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 30, 2008

For these reasons and others, both campaigns have been encouraging early voting. I hope this piece proves predictive and that it proves as great a success as everybody hopes.

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