slowly out in the west coast a number of states adopted mail balloting options. then in the mid 1990s, texas, tn and florida adopt nod in person early voting. that s another phenomenon that spread on the east but of course some places on the west as well that use in person early voting. as states have adopted these more permissive forms of early voting, what we ve seen is an expansion just as people use the option but then overtime you see once the state has adopted an early voting option, more and more people tend to use it over time. for example, in oregon, people were so accustom to using mail balloting that they decided to run their elections all by mail back in 2000. something that troubles me on the screen right now, people voting in georgia, where lines were up to two hours. i thought the whole idea here was to facilitate, make it easier for folks to vote. why go out and vote early if i still have to stand in line for two hours? you know, funny thing is if