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.
I’m German and as soon as I get the vote notification I immediately request the mail in papers, which I also send out pretty much the next time I go outside (assuming I already decided, we have a bit more of a choice than just 1-2 parties). That’s usually a month before the actual end date. I never understood why people are always so stressed with going through potential wait times at some location further away to vote, when it can be this easy.
To be fair, at least everywhere I ever lived the voting place was usually a nice relaxing Sunday stroll away. And especially with children it’s great to show them how democracy works. Especially especially since voting is often done in schools.
Every polling place I’ve ever been to was a church… Separation of church and state, amirite? 😭