Comments on: Early Voting http://majorityinms.com/2009/11/03/early-voting/ Welcome to Majority In Mississippi Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David http://majorityinms.com/2009/11/03/early-voting/#comment-1430 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:51:52 +0000 http://majorityinms.com/?p=3064#comment-1430 spot on.

]]> By: David http://majorityinms.com/2009/11/03/early-voting/#comment-1429 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:50:46 +0000 http://majorityinms.com/?p=3064#comment-1429 We already have early voting in Mississippi and it’s called absentee ballot, and you don’t have to show an ID when you do it,,,, at least I didn’t the last time I voted absentee ballot. Early voting doesn’t bother me as long as we have to show an ID when it’s done. In fact, McCain carried most of the areas where early voting is allowed.

]]> By: RandomThoughts http://majorityinms.com/2009/11/03/early-voting/#comment-1415 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:56:26 +0000 http://majorityinms.com/?p=3064#comment-1415 You raise an interesting point; however, an anamoly is not a good reason to be against early voting. Early voting is a convenience an individual can opt to take advantage of or not. No state that I am aware of forces a person to vote early. Yes, there is always a chance that if you vote for a candidate prior to election day that individual can die or withdraw, but how often does that happen? The same could happen for individuals who vote absentee, or armed forces members who vote prior to election day – but does that mean we should scrap absentee voting?

People in MS already participate in early voting through absentee voting, which is far more susceptible to voter fraud then early voting. I have lived in states that have had both early voting and voter ID, its a good system, cuts down on lines, elections run smother, and it elicites higher voter turnout which is fundamental to the health of a democracy.

The system of everyone voting on a set election day (Tuesday) may have been great in agrarian times when the country had a smaller population and an even smaller population of eligible voters. Now it makes little sense to not accomodate our elections so more people can participate, and have an identification system so people will have faith in the integrity of the system.

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