[EL] Change early vote?

[Thomas J. Cares]

In early voting practices, is there precedent for states making it easy for
one to change their early vote? I mean campaigns are on full steam in those
final days, it seems to corrupt the political process to allow ballots to
be cast 20 days early. In my participation in democratic clubs, I commonly
hear last minute remorse over a mailed in vote "wow, I didn't know that
school board candidate thinks evolution should be stripped from biology
class; I can't believe I sent my ballot in, voting for her."

When I was a candidate, towards the very end, I had people tell me "I wish
I didn't already send in my ballot, I wish I would have voted for you."
Which could be disingenuous except one such person offered to volunteer a
little for the campaign in the final days.

See, I tend not to mail my ballot early, because I don't know how campaigns
will develop - if someone might have a Monday night Todd Akin moment that
costs them my respect.

But, ideally, the state would allow people to still show up on Election Day
and request their cast ballot arrange to be discarded, and cast a new one.
Not just so voters can change their mind, but so campaigns are not so
inhibited to keep making their case until the final day.

I realize some of the logistical challenges in doing this, which seem
minor, in my view.

Has it been done?

-Tom


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