The Star’s editorial | Missourians deserve benefits of early voting - KansasCity.com
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One week ago, people queued up in lines a block or more long as the sun rose over Kansas City and its Missouri suburbs. Got to vote before the work day begins. In rural parts of Missouri, folks were up even earlier. Sometimes voting can involve a long drive.
Many of those voters undoubtedly would have preferred going to the polls on a more convenient day or evening. But unlike the District of Columbia and 32 other states, including Kansas, Missouri doesn’t have the option of early voting. Residents can’t even vote absentee without offering an explanation to elections officials.
That has to change. Missourians are busy people. They deserve the convenience of early voting.
It promotes fair and vigorous elections, encourages people to vote and provides time to deal with glitches such as confusion about addresses.
It also can save money. In Kansas, advance voting in Johnson County is partly responsible for a 20 percent reduction in polling places in recent years.
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