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47 states allow early voting for all — what about the other three?

by Yvonne Renée Davis, opinion contributor - 10/28/26 11:00 AM ET

by Yvonne Renée Davis, opinion contributor - 10/28/26 11:00 AM ET

Associated Press Voters use privacy booths to fill out their ballots at an early voting site in Haverstraw, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

This week I will walk into my polling place in Connecticut and cast my ballot early. Not because I am in a hurry, but because I will be out of the country on Election Day, and my state has made room for me to be heard anyway.

That is what democracy looks like when it expands. It meets people where they are.

Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia now let every voter cast a ballot early, no excuse required.…