Stephen Farnsworth is a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. He said it could mean Republicans have learned from years past, when national Republicans criticized early voting. But that means it could eat into day-of turnout this year.
“Locking in votes of people who are going to vote your side,” Farnsworth said in an interview Monday. “You’ve really made election day an easier day for you because then you can concentrate your energies on those who haven’t voted yet.”
