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Tom Baxter: Just because you can vote early, doesn't mean you should

Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, was the first day of early voting in the 2018 general election, which features the governor’s race along with other local and state races. - photo by Scott Rogers

10162018 EarlyVote 1.jpg — Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, was the first day of early voting in the 2018 general election, which features the governor’s race along with other local and state races. - photo by Scott Rogers

I’ve seen some monster election-day lines — in South Africa in 1994 and Florida in 2000, among others — but I’ve never actually had to stand in one. In more than four decades in Georgia, I don’t remember ever waiting longer than 30 or 40 minutes to vote.