Lots of reasons why it’s a good idea I’d like to reinforce Simon Rosenberg’s advice on The Importance of Voting on Day 1 of early voting. Digby referenced it on Sunday. You are going to vote anyway. Voting in person on Day 1 of early voting has several advantages. First, once you’ve voted you will quickly “stop getting canvassed and called!!!!” Second, once you are scratched off the list, campaigns will turn their dollars, attention and efforts to turning out voters needing more of a nudge than you. And they’ll have more lead time for reaching more of them. Rosenberg notes: Voting on Day 1 has other benefits. A heavy early turnout leads to stories about “hey everyone is voting” putting social pressure on people to go vote, which also increases turnout. Voting early in big numbers also becomes a very public affirmation that our democracy and election system is working as intended, which creates a greater incentive for people to vote and makes it far harder for the Republicans to cheat, disrupt or contest the election. That’s a lengthy way of saying stories about heavy voting are “social proof.” Social proof, says Anat Shenker-Osorio, is “arguably most effective tool we’ve got. People do the thing they believe their kind of people do.” The press runs prominent stories about the first day of early voting. Days 3, 4 and 5 get no press. The bigger the Day 1 turnout, the more press coverage and the stronger the “I’ll have what…