We have all been told how difficult it is to vote, but we encourage you to plow forward and do so anyway.

Beginning yesterday, there were just 15 days of early voting in which to find the 10 to 15 minutes that it might take, and that is probably on the high side since the menu is not very satisfying, perhap, ensuring a low turnout. And, if you can believe this, there is only a single Sunday and Saturday included among those days.

It gets worse: There are just five satellite sites in Robeson County at which to cast a ballot, in Maxton, Fairmont, St. Pauls, Pembroke and Red Springs, and just one site, the Board of Elections itself on Elm Street, in Lumberton.

And can you believe that these sites are mostly open just 12 hours a day, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.?

To make it a bit easier on you, we will share the voting places and times:

The satellite sites’ addresses are Fairmont, Fairmont Fire Hall, 421 S. Main St.; Maxton, Gilbert Patterson Library, 210 N. Florence St.; Pembroke, Pembroke Public Library, 413 Blaine St.; Red Springs, Community Building, 122 Cross St.; and St. Pauls, Town Hall, 210 W. Blue St.

The hours for voting at all the satellite sites are today Friday, Monday through Oct. 26, and Oct. 29 through Nov. 2, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day; Oct. 28, 1 to 4 p.m.; and Nov. 3, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The One-Stop hours at the Board of Elections office are today and Friday, Monday through Oct. 26, and Oct. 29 through Nov 2, 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m each day; and Nov. 3, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

And, of course, you do not have to present a voter ID, although this election could change that. On the ballot are six constitutional amendments, including one that would require a voter ID in North Carolina, which the public wants and will be passed, putting us with the vast majority of states in the country.

Now if you can’t find time during those 15 days, there is also Election Day itself, which — get this — was once the only day available to vote. It’s true kids. Google it. Oh the suppression.

Now if you detect a bit of sarcasm, give yourself a cookie. While we — mostly — favor efforts to make voting easier, there is a point that it becomes a bit ridiculous, and we have reached it in Robeson County. It will be costly to taxpayers in Robeson County to pay for six voting sites to be open for more than two weeks and for long hours a day, especially in an off-year election.

Locally, the choices are slim, as voters will pick a district attorney; a county commissioner; three judges, but only two in competitive races; a state senator and two state representatives; a U.S. congressman; and then there are the six constitutional amendments, which we urge a bit of homework on.

Our beef isn’t that voting is easy, but that some would have you believe that voting is actually difficult. It isn’t for anyone who is determined to vote, so let’s dispense with that canard. Our issue with early voting has always been that it opens even wider the door for hauling, and hauling in this county is the reason that we have elected officials who can act in compete defiance of the public’s will and not have to worry about repercussions on Election Day because votes can be bought cheaply.

But that is a conversation for another day.

So we urge you to get out and vote, and to do it soon. After all, you only have 14 more day and then Nov. 6 to get that done. Time is wasting.