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What Early Voting and Mail Ballots Have in Common
Both systems move the moment of voting weeks before Election Day, and both lean on the same chain of custody to keep the count honest.

Both systems move the moment of voting weeks before Election Day, and both lean on the same chain of custody to keep the count honest.

The president is not chosen by the national popular vote but by 538 electors, and the rules that produce that number explain most of what confuses voters.