Early Voting

Bob Bernick has a good article on early voting. Instead of fear providing the impetus for legislative authorization, as Bob argues, I'd say it was more due diligence to make sure we got it right. But, whatever. Early voting is here, and I hope it helps.

Bob's point about distributed voting changing campaign strategies is right on point. And, thank heavens. Last minute mailers can be beneficial -- if they are "Vote for Jane. She's the best!" But, all too often, they are "Don't vote for Bill. He's a liar and a crook!" And, at that time, of course, Bill has no time to speak to the charges in a way that voters can evaluate the truth of the allegations. Distributed voting forces candidates to get in their summation points earlier, and might cut down on some of the nonsense.

With over a week before the actual primary, I'll get in my final say on all the candidates vying for elected office; at some level, they're all crazy.