A search for the term Early Voting in google news returns about 28,727 results from the last couple of days. Here are a few of the top National stories:
More Democrats Casting Early Ballots, Data Show, from NY Times
Early voting a boost for Dems, from USA Today
Obama pushes economic policies, early voting in Tampa, Miami Herald
Biden sets 'Early Vote for Change' rallies in Greeley, Commerce City
And on and on.
Comments (6)
It was the A1 story in the AJC today, too, although I can't find the link for it.
Here's the link from the AJC:
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2008/10/22/voting.html
And DeKalb seems to be expanding its lead in early voting! Come on Fulton!
Top 5 Counties in turn out:
1. Dekalb: 78,763
2. Fulton: 59,128
3. Cobb: 44,114
4. Gwinnett:43,558
5. Henry: 27,489
I know, the hours are killing us. Our Democrats just can't take off in the middle of the day to go vote. If we don't catch up next week, then it will really make me crazy. All our Advance Voting locations will be open until 7:00pm next week.
Totally fair... I forget that not everyone is open until 7pm like DeKalb. That does make a HUGE difference.
Nothing like a friendly competition though :)
I'm totally in favor of keeping the polls open as late as possible. I thought this was interesting though: I talked to the DeKalb poll worker while I was waiting in line (at 4:00 p.m.), and she said that it's busiest in the late afternoon, and the best time to come is at 6:00-6:30, because everyone is at home eating dinner by then.