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• PrivateIron commented on Facts of Life and Death
  Kicked off Election Day by watching episodes of "The Prisoner," as is the custom....
• paws4thot commented on Facts of Life and Death
  What sort of proportion of the US population now have a postal or other form of advance vote these days? I've a feeling that it's actually quite significant....
• PrivateIron commented on Facts of Life and Death
  It varies from state to state. There are a few states where the majority of the votes are now cast early and/or by mail. Others where there are a lot of hurdles and you can only do it if you can show necessity. The Chicago Tribune estimates 50 million early votes or 40% of the total, up from 35% in 2012. I don't know what percentage of the electorate have the opportunity to vote early....
• Scott Sanford commented on Facts of Life and Death
  As said, it varies by state. Like many quirks of the US it's not the way things would be set up if we were building the system de novo but made sense back in the 18th century. As an example Oregon went to vote-by-mail as the default some years back and it's pretty popular. It's still possible to go to an election office and vote there but there's not the insane rush all at once that many states experience....
• paws4thot commented on Facts of Life and Death
  Thanks to both Scott and yourself. I wasn't expecting anything better than the Chicago Tribune figures (unless someone had actually gone to the trouble of collecting all relevant figures from everywhere), but it does confirm my thought that the "last 2 weeks of campaigning" are becoming increasingly irrelevant (here too, since you can now apply for a "permanent postal vote" because "you want one")....