The rise of absentee voting, especially no-excuse absentee voting, has many scholars debating whether or not such voting increases turnout, devalues the electoral process, and is ultimately good for American democracy. Some argue that the concept of going to the polls on Election Day is a time-honored tradition in this...

Absentee voting or voting by a mail ballot has expanded greatly over the past thirty years. What have the effects been of this trend?

Absentee and early voting are changing the politics in America--for better and for worse.

Over the past thirty years, America has undergone a revolution in voting. Not long ago, nearly everyone voted on a common election day, today nearly a quarter of Americans vote before Election Day, either by absentee ballot or at early voting places. In Absentee and Early Voting: Trends, Promises, and...

To what can weattribute thedramatic increase in absentee voting and, more recently, the meteoric rise in early voting?

Many Americans will vote well before Tuesday, and while the convenience of choosing your day to vote is appealing, convenience should not be the only rule by which we run our elections.

Millions of Americans are casting ballots early.

In 2004, nearly one quarter of votes were cast before Election Day. What happened to the days of voting on Election Day?