NC conservatives must vote as early as possible or accept defeat

For conservatives, it is time to vote. Yes, now. North Carolina voters who have requested mail ballots will begin receiving them by the end of the first week in September, giving Tar Heel voters the earliest opportunity to cast ballots in the nation. 

All North Carolina voters are allowed to vote securely by mail.

You may find mail and early voting information at www.securevotenc.com or the official NC State Board of Elections website.

North Carolina conservatives who desperately what to change the direction of America must embrace this opportunity and vote as soon as possible or be prepared to lose on Election Day.

I have already requested my ballot. Upon receipt, I will mark it and return it within hours. My wife and my adult son will serve as my required witnesses, as I will theirs. I will include the required copy of my photo ID. I will apply three forever stamps on the return envelope ($1.77 required postage), and I will cast my ballot.   

Then I will help others across the state do the same, because I want to win.

Does this mean I am helping conservatives have a better chance at victory MORE than someone who votes exactly the same on Election Day? Yes, it does!

As the state director of American Majority — North Carolina, I have spoken to hundreds of groups and thousands of activists on the importance of early voting. North Carolina has a safe and secure voting system. However you choose to vote — by mail, early in person, or on Election Day — your vote will be counted accurately.

Yet, while those votes may COUNT the same, they don’t COST the same.

American Majority — North Carolina estimates that while a mail ballot cast early only costs candidates and campaigns $5 in advertising and outreach, a last-minute day-of vote can cost $50 to acquire.

As soon as a ballot is marked as received by the local board of elections, campaigns remove that voter from a target list and stop calls, emails, and flyers. That voter and household are taken off door-to-door canvasing lists. Those dollars are directed to a less-reliable voter.

Once you vote, you’re off the list. We know you voted, so the mail stops, the phone calls stop, and the door knocking stops. Then your preferred candidate can use those resources somewhere else.

In North Carolina those resources are going to go to desperately needed potential new voters who are for the first time listening to the conservative message. And conservatives need those votes. Everyone. Reliable public polls, including from Carolina Journal, indicate a slew of important statewide races — including for president, attorney general, treasurer, and state Supreme Court — are basically tied. Each election will likely be decided by which side does a better job of voter turnout.

I spend a lot of time studying polls. This year we have a flip of the conventional wisdom. Normally it is assumed a lower voter turnout favors conservatives; higher favors progressives. That’s not true this year. If you look at the polls, progressives are doing the best with people most dedicated in this cycle and conservatives are attracting people that have a little less propensity to vote. Bottom line is, when really good voters vote first and early, and get off the list, you can move down the list to the least reliable and turn them out and that’ll be the difference in winning and losing. We call it political science for a reason. 

If you wait longer to vote, your vote costs conservative candidates and parties more money. Less money is available to turn out other voters needed to cross finish line. Conservatives must play the game by today’s rules, which means maximizing our efforts to bank votes before Election Day. If this is done, not only in North Carolina, but in other key states, there is every reason to believe conservatives will secure victory well before Election Day.