Researchers find that counties where more people voted per voting location in April 7 primaries went on to have higher rates of positive coronavirus tests compared with counties where the voting was less concentrated.
, found a"statistically and economically significant association” between in-person voting and the spread of Covid-19 weeks after the election.back to people who either voted or had worked at polls on April 7, though the researchers said the state’s investigation was “not comprehensive” and their study showed a"much larger potential relationship.”
Most states that were scheduled to hold Democratic primaries and local elections throughout April and May decided to cancel in-person voting in favor of mail-in ballots. In-person voting is also starting to resume in other areas, with some localities in the western part of Virginia holding in-person voting on Tuesday and Pennsylvania looking to allow in-person voting for its upcoming primaries.— That’s how many showed up to vote in-person on Monday at Georgia’s limited polling locations, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a higher number than what the state saw on the first day of early voting for primaries in 2018 or 2016.
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