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Officials Look For Younger Poll Workers, Because Of COVID-19 : NPR

But this year, with the coronavirus pandemic raging, Weiss, who's 74, decided it's just too risky to work the election in November.

"I'm a very patriotic person. I felt this is just a duty that we should have, you know? So not doing it, it makes me sad," she says. "And I feel a little selfish about it because there are people that are really putting themselves out there during this pandemic and I marvel at that, I marvel at our first responders. But should I get the virus, I'm quite concerned over my being able to survive it."

Instead, her grandson, Max Weiss, is going to take her place at the polls.

He's a law student at William & Mary and helped form the Alliance of Students at the Polls, which is building a national network of law students to serve as workers.

Donald Trump suggests delay to 2020 US presidential election – BBC News

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Donald Trump suggests delay to 2020 US presidential election – BBC News

Donald Trump has called for November's presidential election to be postponed, saying increased postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate results.

He suggested a delay until people can "properly, securely and safely" vote.

There is little evidence to support Mr Trump's claims but he has long railed against mail-in voting which he has said would be susceptible to fraud.

I just saw a web ad saying that President Trump is working to “Restore Law and Order”, but maybe not to the White House.

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Seems ironic, when the man himself doesn’t believe in “Law and Order” as seen by the constant ruling of the courts against the president’s administration for violating administrative procedures act when try get things permitted or regulations amended – they said in the radio that the Trump administration has lost 95 percent of NEPA national environmental policy act cases – not on substance but general disregard of law and procedural requirements.

It’s almost as if the president doesn’t give a rats ass about the law or losing in court, as long he can get message points out. Losing 95 percent of the time in court, suggests a rather willful disregard of the law, especially when the government has some of the best lawyers on its payroll.

This is going to be the messiest presidential election of our lifetimes. ☑

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This is going to be the messiest presidential election of our lifetimes due to the coronavirus pandemic. ☑

  • Virtually no state is prepared for the flood of absentee voter applications that are going to be coming in or the flood going out
  • Many people who request ballots will end up not getting them due to lost mail or overwhelmed boards of election
  • There is going to be too many absentee ballots out to have any serious idea about who has won the majority of votes in on election night
  • Most states don’t count or even start verifying the outside of absentee ballots envelopes until days or even a week or more after Election Day
  • People expect the president to be determined by the end of election night but we aren’t likely to know final results until around Thanksgiving or possibly even early December
  • Expect a lot of absentee ballots to be tossed out on technicalities – some more valid than others – depends on the state
  • Absentee ballots have numerous chances for mistakes and ballots being laid aside and state election law is very complicated
  • Activists on both sides of the aisle will argue election laws are unjust or court rulings are unfair of things don’t go their way
  • Polling data may not be accurate with so many people voting by absentee so don’t be surprised if election results vary from the polls
  • The final results will be messy and maybe not what you hoped for.
  • But elections are ultimately just temporary, new elections are only two to four years away.