Thursday marks beginning of early voting

“It means that those people who may have transportation problems or work schedules that conflict with the ability to vote on Election Day, November 8, will now have the opportunity to do it”, the Amherst Democrat said. She seeks a national standard of at least 20 days of early in-person voting and urges automatic voter registration for eligible 18-year-olds.

Despite polls that show Hillary Clinton with many Electoral College paths to the presidency and a growing likelihood of Democrats recapturing the Senate, voting rights groups in battleground states say GOP-led partisan voter suppresion efforts may block tens of thousands of people from voting this fall, which would cut into what’s being described as a rising Democratic tide.

There are some valid excuses which might make it easier to vote absentee. This isn’t a case where suddenly, a couple days later, you decide: ‘well, you know, I didn’t really want to vote this way on a certain referendum question, I’d like to get another ballot.’ That can’t happen. Stanart says they’re also keeping those polls open later each night until 6 p.m. during the first week of early voting. As I sat in the back of a bus headed toward Chapel Hill, news of the presidential election buzzing in the background, I felt a moment of gratitude and empowerment that we’re able to influence the direction of our government at the ballot box. In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued the law is needed to stop new forms of discrimination – redrawing districts to reduce Hispanic voting, for instance, or restricting early voting near a historically black university. An interim federal court order requires voters to present one of eight valid photo IDs.

Voting began at early voting centers and by mail almost a month ago, and the same-day registration policy that has helped power the state’s nation-leading voter turnout still applies. Not only was the Bay State behind 36 other states in adopting the practice, MA also has a shorter early-voting window than numerous other states.

“We’re going to continue to provide information about all options”, said state elections executive director Kim Strach. So far, 38,280 more Democrats than Republicans have voted.

“It’s very important because anything could happen tomorrow”, Rivera said.

Barbara Johnson, conversely, said she was happy to vote for Clinton.

Indeed, some voters in other parts of the country cast their ballots before news surfaced of a recording that features Trump making lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women, and before Wikileaks’ latest release of leaked Clinton campaign emails.

In an uncertain world, Jose Rivera decided it was best to vote early.

With little evidence of intentional voter fraud in Minnesota, he said that laws that encourage voter participation like same-day registration and early voting outweigh the time delay in processing the applications. “Not voting is a vote for the other”.

“I would be afraid to be out here November 8”, she said. Since it takes much longer to vote for each candidate individually, the organization fears this could slow down the already long wait times at the polls.

Sean Lavin, unaffiliated candidate for at-large Pasquotank County commissioner, said he was the first person to vote in the county on Thursday.

The office at 301 N. Main St.in downtown Anderson will be open from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. Saturday.