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In England, polling day for elections is always held on a Thursday, with voting between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. If you are going to be out of town, you can send in a postal vote in advance. But here in the U.S the electorate can vote early, which means some people have already voted in an election which doesn't take place until November 4th.
As a Brit, albeit one without a vote anywhere, this seems a little strange. Some people say if you've already made up your mind, you may as well vote now. It saves waiting in line on the big day. But with so many of the population apparently undecided, I wonder if that is a good idea? What if you vote now, but tomorrow your candidate says something you don't like? Or the other candidate says something you do?
The other thing I've discovered is that people may vote for different parties for different levels of government. In England people tend to be loyal to one party for local and national government. From what I understand here, people may choose one party's candidate for state representative, but another party's as president.
The U.S may not have fireworks on November 5th as we do in England, but I bet they'll be some on November 4th. It's strange to think of life without an election campaign. It's been going ever since we've arrived, and sometimes seems it will never end.