Here's the thing - I think voting early is a great thing to do. I did it in college, because I had to mail my vote home. It seemed to matter less, though, because Bill Clinton won by a landslide (or so it appeared).
Anyway - what are you thoughts on early voting? I know the Democratic campaign is pushing for it, and the Republican campaign is against it (though apparently, early voting is normally in the province of Republican voting).
I have this concern in the back of my head, though, and it may be misguided: I worry that the officials may, after seeing the overwhelming Democratic numbers, now have time to deceptively bury the numbers before the actual Election Day.
The feeding frenzy and litigation has already begun. Watch out, world - it may be another Bush v. Gore nasty vote count year..
Perhaps the clearest sign of early voting's new prominence is the amount of litigation and legal posturing it has attracted.
In Indiana, Republicans challenged the opening of three satellite voting centers in Democrat-rich Lake County — a linchpin in Obama’s strategy to carry the state — citing fears of voting fraud. On Wednesday, the Indiana judge ruled to keep the centers open.
In Ohio, local Republicans — with the explicit approval of the McCain campaign — sued to allow observers at early voting locations after Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said they weren't mandated.
And late last week, also in Ohio, a judge in Hamilton County appointed a special prosecutor to investigate charges of voter fraud after Democrats accused county prosecutor Joe Deters of a conflict of interest and voter intimidation, forcing him to recuse himself from a grand jury investigation. Deters had launched the grand jury probe and subpoenaed the registration records of about one-third of the Cincinnati-area voters who took advantage of a one-week window in early October that allowed them to vote and register at the same time.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081023/pl_politico/14873
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