It seems deliberately confusing to me since there is no fundamental difference between voting now and voting on the day of the deadline, but the way it’s discussed and referred to seems to imply that the correct day to vote would be waiting until the last minute instead of voting just getting it out of the way weeks ahead of time.
The difference is that before, lines were lo g and some employees weren’t free to go voting during the work day (voting happens on Tuesday).
You could either get there very very early or late…or lose a paid day…or be fired.
Early voting allows for more people to cast their votes, even if it’s not at their precincts, and curves vote suppression on the day of the election.