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It's not a red -vs- blue thing. It's New York and it's Missouri. It's Delaware and it's Kentucky. It's South Carolina and it's Rhode Island. Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Hampshire, etc.
The only commonality I can find is that all of the states that disallow early voting are situated East of the Mississippi river. All states west of the Mississippi have early voting.
The 37 states which have it all give at least a full week to vote.
For those of you that live in states that don't allow it, do you know why it's prohibited? I do understand the logic behind preventing things from starting too early (some states start early voting 45 days before an election and a lot can change between 45 days pre election and election day), but I'm curious why those 13 states don't offer at least 1 week to vote. Forcing everyone to vote on the same day and w/o a national holiday seems like it would exclude a lot of voters.
The only commonality I can find is that all of the states that disallow early voting are situated East of the Mississippi river. All states west of the Mississippi have early voting.
The 37 states which have it all give at least a full week to vote.
For those of you that live in states that don't allow it, do you know why it's prohibited? I do understand the logic behind preventing things from starting too early (some states start early voting 45 days before an election and a lot can change between 45 days pre election and election day), but I'm curious why those 13 states don't offer at least 1 week to vote. Forcing everyone to vote on the same day and w/o a national holiday seems like it would exclude a lot of voters.