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Article: Millions to vote before Election Day.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- September 1, 2004
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Byline: Paul Nussbaum
PHILADELPHIA _ Voting is no longer just for Election Day.
Millions of Americans _ perhaps as many as 20 percent of voters _ will cast their ballots before Nov. 2, as states ease absentee-voting rules and political parties and interest groups change their electioneering strategies.
This transformation means, depending on one's perspective, the rise of a modern, self-service democracy or the demise of one of the nation's last communal rites.
The shift also means that many voters will cast their ballots unaffected _ or uninformed _ by late-breaking developments. An "October surprise" is meaningless to someone who ...