The Advantages of Absentee Voting

In a previous post, I discussed how absentee voting can save you time. I have now found a new benefit of absentee voting - the internet. I received my absentee ballot a few days ago. Over the weekend, I opened the packet, went through all the contents, and prepared to vote. There were several elections for judges which I had no information about. I had never heard of some of the judges on the ballot, so I decided to do some research. Googling each judge's name (for example - judge sandra day o'connor) took me to political and non-political pages on wikipedia, the elections board, and other websites with detailed information about the judges' voting histories, interests, and stances on issues that are important to me. For several elections, this made a huge difference in my decision of who to vote for. If I had been in a voting booth, I would not have been able to do this research. I would have been forced to either abstain from voting for that particular election, or potentially vote for a judge with whom I disagree. One more reason to vote absentee.