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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.
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...
To what can weattribute thedramatic increase in absentee voting and, more recently, the meteoric rise in early voting?
Millions of Americans are casting ballots early.
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.
