Political Diary

Early-Voting Dividends

Oct. 11, 2012 12:57 p.m. ET

Barack Obama's 2008 campaign did a lot of things right, and among them was its aggressive strategy on early voting. The campaign's success at locking in early votes allowed it to win four crucial swing states despite losing the actual Election Day vote. It appears Republicans were taking notes.

This time around, it is the GOP that's pushing hard to get voters to commit early, pouring money and resources into an Absentee Balloting operation. Republican National Committee Political Director Rick Wiley recently sent out a...

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