Editor, Gazette-Journal:For yourself, your community, your country…—You pick the most convenient day and time: it’s easy, stress free; shorter lines, fewer people, less or no annoying politicking;—It protects your vote from Nov. 5 complications: bad weather, sickness, accidents, needs of a loved one, getting stuck in traffic;—If there is any problem with your voting status (change of address, different election district, a challenge to your voter registration), you have time to correct the error before Nov. 5;— You make Election Day easier, and perhaps safer, for dedicated community members who work in your election district (city/county employees, and polling place and party volunteer monitors);—It gives you the chance to see how well the process works and how many safeguards are built into the Virginia voting system. Early voting procedures are the same as Election Day;—It helps us restore faith in our nation and in the orderly transfer of power which has been the hallmark of the Uni...
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