President Obama to Vote Early Today in Chicago

From Chicago Tribune:

President Barack Obama will briefly visit Chicago today to cast his ballot early –the first sitting president to do so.

Democrats have been aggressively trying to gain an advantage over Republicans in states that allow early voting. When Obama announced that he would be voting early, he said on Twitter, “If your state has early voting, join me,” and directed followers to a link with more information about early voting.

Obama dominated early voting in 2008, giving him an edge over Republican John McCain well before Election Day.

In Colorado, Florida, Iowa and North Carolina, for example, Obama banked so many votes early in the process that he won each state even though he lost the Election Day vote, according to voting data compiled by The Associated Press.

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  • KayWhitlock

    Early voting is so important – and after this election, we’re going to have to fight to keep it!
     
    I voted early here in Montana and am delighted to say the Dems are doing an outstanding job of reminding people to do so.  And, while they can’t track who we voted for, they can track IF we’ve voted.  So it makes GOTV all the more targeted.  I’ve got my shift assignments and am ready to go.

    • @KayWhitlock awesome Kay! Poll monitoring will be vital this election as the GOP gears up their voter intimidation campaign.

      • KayWhitlock

        @Seeta  @KayWhitlock Amen, Seeta.