EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Sandy Steinbach
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/26/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Early Voting
Definition : |
Comment : | Voter completes the ballot in person at a county office or other designated polling site or ballot drop site prior to Election Day. Also known as Early In-Person Voting or On-Site Absentee Voting. Association: voting Source: electionline Comment: There is a difference between "early voting" and in-person absentee voting. "Early voting" processes (as I understand them) do not include keeping the voted ballots in envelopes until election day, as happens with absentee voting. Early voting is a process similar to voting on election day. The ballot is cast and not retrievable.