Election Day is more than six weeks away, but by Nov. 6 tens of millions of Americans — perhaps as many as 40 percent of all voters — will have cast their ballots in the presidential race and other contests.
The robust growth in early voting, either by mailed absentee ballot or in person, has made it a critical element in the ground-game strategies of both major presidential campaigns. The traditional get-out-the vote push, once focused on a the final hours of a contest, has become an elaborate 45-day operation. [cont.]
Bill Turque, Washington Post