It varies depending on where you are. In my county (in TN), there are about 6 or so early voting locations, so you are able to go somewhere near your home or wherever you are.

You don't have to show ID. That's what pissed me off so badly. ALL I legally had to do was show her my voter reg. card.

There are three main options in the link towards the beginning of the thread.

I think that early voting was a way to offer absentee voting for people without their having to meet any absentee requirements. It is pretty much filling the same niche as people voting absentee who didn't really need to do so.

You do in Georgia, but it's a relatively new requirement and it took several court cases to make sure the requirement stuck.

ETA: you apparently do in Indiana too: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/pri...9/voterid.html

We also have to show picture ID when we vote. The first election that this was true for was our fake primary. If you don't have picture ID with you, you can sign an affidavit that you are, indeed, you. Prior to that, we just filled out a sheet with our name, address and birth date and signed it and they crossed your name out in the big book of names for that voting precinct. I imagine if someone showed up later in the day saying they were the same person, there could be a challenge then.

ETA: Our department chair always tells us to make sure we vote, even if it means we'll be late in the morning or have to leave early. I don't know anybody who works close enough to their polling place to vote at lunch time. Most of us commute 15+ miles to work every day.

My principal recently encouraged us to go vote early and told us if we needed to leave after the last class but before the official leave time, it was fine. (The principal doesn't care that we vote early but just wants to make it easy.)

Our school is a polling place, and this discussion was in the context of it being crazy for parking on election day.

This is all so interesting to me! In Oregon, we all vote by mail so the idea of a polling place and id seems weird!
Multnomah County (basically the one Portland is in) has this one the website:

• What is Vote By Mail?
  In 1998 voters passed a ballot measure directing all elections to be conducted by mail, commonly called Vote By Mail. Instead of using traditional polling places where voters go to cast ballots on election day, a ballot is mailed to each registered voter. The ballot is then returned to the county elections office and is counted on election day.
• With Vote By Mail, how do I vote?
  You must be registered to vote to receive a ballot. (Please see FAQ for more information.) A ballot will automatically be sent to all registered voters who are eligible to vote in the election 18 to 14 days prior to the election. Once you vote your ballot, just place it in the secrecy envelope, seal it and place it in the return envelope. Make sure to sign the return envelope after verifying your name and current residence address is correct. Then place a first-class stamp on the return envelope and mail it back. Remember that all ballots must be received at the elections office by 8:00 p.m. on election day. Postmarks do not count.

We do a lot of things different in Oregon though.

In Wisconsin, "early voting" is simply casting an absentee ballot in person at the clerk's office rather than by mail. The forms are all the same. The only differences are that you don't need a reason (though you never need a reason for voting absentee in Wisconsin), the clerk signs the envelope as your witness instead of some random person, and then you just hand it over instead of mailing it in.

Additionally, the bit about absentee/early votes not being counted until after the election isn't always true, and it's definitely not true in Wisconsin. Check out the National Conference of State Legislatures' page on early/absentee voting for a state-by-state breakdown.

One of these kids is doing their own thing...
 

Here's the ballot for my county, see if you can spot what's different.

http://www.latah.id.us/elections/200...eBallot_03.pdf

Did that freak show actually change his legal name to "Pro-Life"??? :eek:

Why yes, and here's the website if you'd like to know more http://prolifeidaho.com/ . I love the chronology of Pro-Life's life. Check out the entry on September 2nd, Pro-Life's wife agrees with Pro-Life that she shouldn't be involved in things outside the home.