Why is voting restricted to a single day?

[ilya]

Is it just because of administrative costs?

It seems like voter turnout would increase substantially if voting took place over a week or even just 2-3 days.

[TomCollins]

Look around, it already does. I voted yesterday.

[vulturesrow]

There is this thing called the Constitution...

[JimBob2232]

the media cant even wait for the polls to close in the state now! cant fathom them holding back a whole WEEK!

[ilya]

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There is this thing called the Constitution...

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Who cares? That's a mighty silly reason for doing something one way or another.
But even if you respect the Constitution more than I do, you obviously can still amend it. So you haven't answered my question at all.
Anyway...I know that early voting is allowed in many states, but I was wondering more why this wasn't the case everywhere.

[MrSoul]

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Who cares? That's a mighty silly reason for doing something one way or another.

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Perhaps we should have a civil war, and the candidate with the stronger army becomes president. This is a more fair option than using the silly laws of the US Constitution.

[tek]

I think it's due to the fact that rigging an election over a multi-day period would be too much extra work [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[mmbt0ne]

I voted over a week ago. There's no reason you can't vote early, you just can't do it at your assigned polling station. Usually you have to go to a county or other regional office.

[wacki]

I voted yesterday.

Absentee ballot at the county office.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

I think it's due to the fact that rigging an election over a multi-day period would be too much extra work

I think it would make foul play easier.