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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a Republican, so I can't speak for them, but I don't really like early voting, either.  I think that there is something to be said for having everyone vote based upon the same information.  What happens if a candidate dies or becomes incapacitated or drops out of the electoral race between when a voter votes and the actual election day?

As for mail-in voting:  I'm certainly in favor of it when it is actually needed (voter unable to vote in person or out of town), but not on a universal basis.  It breaks the chain-of-custody for ballots and potentially breaks the idea of a secret ballot.  In an ideal world, the number of mailed-in ballots would be low enough that it would not make a difference in election outcomes.

I realize that vote fraud is low in the US, and I am not calling mail-in ballots fraudulent, but I do think that it is important for elections to appear to be legitimate, in addition to actually being legitimate.  This is why I also support required voter identification at polling places (and, along with that, free identification available to any eligible voter).  Again, I don't personally see any of this as solving an actual problem, but it would reduce the chances for a losing candidate for office to be able to convince people that election results are illegitimate, and that would be a good thing for democracy in general.[/quote]
If mail in voting is fine for the military, then it's fine for me.

If you want everyone to vote on the same day in person, then lobby for election day to be a national day off, no exceptions. That's how other countries like Australia do it.

Otherwise, sorry, but not everyone can take the time off to vote in person on that specific day.  [/quote]

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