BATON ROUGE mdash; Tuesday is the first day of early voting. The polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Oct. 20 through Oct. 27, with polls closed on Sunday, Oct. 25.WBRZ political analyst James Hartman says early voting numbers give people an idea of how the election will go.ldquo;Early voter turnout can help predict the election once wersquo;re able to see the turnout demographics, in this case, especially the geography,rdquo; Hartman said.Early voting is for the Nov. 3 election, which includes 10 amendments to the state constitution, as well as U.S. Senate and House of Representatives seats.If you need to find a polling location, download the GeauxVote app or visit the Secretary of State's website.Permalink| Comments ...read more read less