There’s two kinds of early voting — absentee ballots and the in-person voting (but with limited venues open). Delaware only lets you vote absentee — and even then you need to sign an affidavit with an “excuse” for not being available on Election Day. But if you are following the news, then you know that in-person early voting is starting to ramp up. Should Delaware change its rules for early voting?
Sure, you can sign the affidavit and get your absentee ballot. It doesn’t seem to me that there is much of an audit of affidavits to know if you really are unavailable based on the reasons provided on the form. But I’d like to see Delaware go with “no-excuses” absentee ballots (why should the state care why you can’t be front and center on Election Day?) AND I’d like to see them implement early in-person voting. Locations can be limited, certainly, but why not let voters choose within some defined window when to vote? I don’t know if more opportunity translates into higher turnout — I wish it did, really, because that would be a slam dunk reason to do it.
So what do you think? Should Delaware adopt Early Voting?