As Concerns over Clinton Mount, So Do Google Searches of ���How Do I Change My Vote?���

Yes, you can vote early.

And in six states, you can change your early vote and get a do-over on Election Day.

As it turns out, in the wake of the latest movements of the Hillary email scandal, there appears to be a great deal of interest on the part of many Americans in doing that very thing.

Republican nominee Donald Trump has not been shy about encouraging early voters who���ve already cast their ballots for Clinton to go about the process of changing their votes where possible. In the immediate wake of the latest email dustup purportedly involving Clinton, Anthony Weiner, and Huma Abedin, Trump sent out a tweet on Wednesday that shouted, ���You can change your vote in six states. So, now that you see that Hillary was a big mistake, change your vote to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!���

Actually, it is possible to change an early vote in as many as seven states.

While the rules are by no means uniform, with each of the seven having their own very specific guidelines as to when and under what circumstances votes cast before Election Day may be changed, the states where there exists at least the legitimate possibility of a voter formally changing his or her mind are: Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

At least a little bit of ���proof positive��� as to the fact that many seem to at least be considering a change in vote comes in the form of data from Google Trends, which can attest that searches for the phrase ���how do I change my vote?��� have increased by 600 percent during the last week. The states from which most of these queries are coming are Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Tennessee (which means most of those people are out of luck).

Still, even if a lot of early votes don���t end up being changed from Clinton to Trump, the fact that there is so much prospective interest in the idea doesn���t bode well for the Democratic nominee. On that note, the results of a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll reveal that while Clinton is ahead of Trump, 54-41, among those who cast their ballots before the announcement was made that the email investigation was being reopened, the same survey found that Trump is leading Hillary by a margin of 50-39 with those who plan to cast their ballots on Election Day.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large