Early voting is an all-American tradition
With voting in key states having begun more than six weeks before Election Day, early voting has emerged as a contentious issue. Observing that the country now has more of an election season than an election day, Attorney General Bill Barr lamented that “we’re losing the whole idea of what an election is.” I’m a scholar of the presidency. And as many in this field know, early voting periods are not new to the 2020 election.