Voting during the pandemic could be a new experience. Officials are coming up with options like sports arenas and drive-thrus that allow for social distancing as some voters worry about mail-in ballots arriving on time.
amid historical skepticism of a system that tried to keep Black people from the polls and worries that a mailed ballot won’t get counted.
Several teams, including the Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks, had already committed their arenas to be voting sites prior to the NBA’s announcement last week. Madison Square Garden also will be among the sports stadiums used.Louisville’s only option in the June primary was an exposition center at the state fairgrounds. Organizers carefully laid out chalk markings where voters could safely stand in line, though there were complications as voters struggled to find parking at the end of the day.
In Vermont, the tiny town of Lincoln voted during an August primary in a wedding-style tent, clerk Sally Ober said. Being outdoors in the summer gave Ober some unexpected brushes with nature. As she was setting up, she picked up a baby robin from the street and rescued a speckled fawn that got stuck on a fence. A toad also hopped through the tent during voting.The primary set turnout records, largely driven by mail-in voting.
In Lincoln, Ober is again preparing for people who want to vote in person. But in a state where below-freezing temperatures are normal for November, the tent likely won’t make another appearance.Associated Press writer Wilson Ring in Stowe, Vermont, contributed. Eppolito is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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