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Breaking news for our New Jersey voters, who thought they couldn't vote early:
NJ makes it easier to vote early _ and people do -- Newsday.com (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--absenteevoting1st1024oct24,0,4479593.story - broken link)
Yesterday, Gov. Jon S. Corzine went to Newark's Penn Station to promote absentee voting to the state's residents who work long days in Manhattan and are not sure they'll be able to get to the polls.
This year's presidential election marks the first time voters don't have to give a reason _ such as illness or travel _ when they apply for an absentee ballot.
Breaking news for our New Jersey voters, who thought they couldn't vote early:
NJ makes it easier to vote early _ and people do -- Newsday.com (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--absenteevoting1st1024oct24,0,4479593.story - broken link)
Yesterday, Gov. Jon S. Corzine went to Newark's Penn Station to promote absentee voting to the state's residents who work long days in Manhattan and are not sure they'll be able to get to the polls.
This year's presidential election marks the first time voters don't have to give a reason _ such as illness or travel _ when they apply for an absentee ballot.
normie - NJ is behind the curve in not having any "early voting". I moved from NJ to NC in 2006 and early voting is a pleasant surprise as well as being a great convienience. We've had the polls open since Oct 16th, and in many places, the lines are long. You would think they were giving away 100 dollar bills to vote. Rest assured they're not! I believe that states that have early voting might show slightly higher proportions of voter participation than those states that don't have it. NJ seriously needs to join the ranks of states that sanction early voting!
Great, more voter fraud....I too am surprised the Garden State didn't get in on this sooner, after all we've a reputation to keep. I hope after this election there's a whole rehaul of our voting system... with some kind of computerized ID check...the FBI should set it up. This election is completely tainted this year.
Is early voting more fradulent than voting on election day? Or are you assuming all voters are fraudulent, therefore giving more people an opportunity to vote = more voter fraud.
Is early voting more fradulent than voting on election day? Or are you assuming all voters are fraudulent, therefore giving more people an opportunity to vote = more voter fraud.
Well, I'm a little leary of early voting since it's the Obama campaign that wants it and has pushed it so much. They have done everything but pull the lever for many people... I do worry about voter fraud since it's been reported in Ohio and other states.
This isn't the first year I've voted but it is the first year that I have been really getting into the election. I know who I'm voting for and I really feel like I know what they both stand for.
Can someone briefly explain early voting? I didn't realize we had that but I'm finding out now, we in NJ don't do it. What are the benefits? Why do we do it if we are voting in less than 2 weeks? Why not do it alot earlier?
Can someone briefly explain early voting? I didn't realize we had that but I'm finding out now, we in NJ don't do it. What are the benefits? Why do we do it if we are voting in less than 2 weeks? Why not do it alot earlier?
Thanks!
IMO, there are two big benefits to early voting:
1. Eases the long lines on election day. Every election lots of people stop to vote and then change their minds because of the lines. Plus, you aren't likely to face a long line at all if you vote early.
2. In the past, many voters claimed they meant to vote but didn't because of an unforeseen problem on elections day. Unexpected work deadlines, car trouble, bad weather,family emergencies, etc. keep many people from actually getting out to vote on election day. So vote early on a day when you know you have the time, and then you will have checked off one more thing on your To Do list.
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