[deport]

Early Voting is ongoing or about to start in several states. So people can now go vote and avoid the lines of election day or missing a vote because of some other contingency. Call your local county registrar of voters for locations/times.....

October 23, 2006 [Monday].. Early voting begins in Texas....

Early Voting

The following states permit in-person early voting at election offices and, in some states, other satellite locations.

Alaska	Nebraska
Arizona	Nevada
Arkansas	New Mexico
California	North Carolina
Colorado	North Dakota*
Florida	Oklahoma
Georgia	Tennessee
Hawaii	Texas
Indiana	Utah
Iowa	Vermont
Kansas	West Virginia
Maine

* Early voting is not offered in all counties.  In North Dakota, it is offered at the county election officer’s discretion.  

[BlackjackPershing]

You left out Kentucky. There is the capability to vote on the machine at the County Clerk's offices for the purposes of absentee ballots. Or, you may pursue the traditional absentee ballot method of mailing a written ballot.