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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

COVID-19: Influence On Election

I vote. I enjoy going to the polls and being part of the civic process. I’ve served on juries. I like taking part in what’s going on, and I stay abreast of ongoing current events. 

But, this year I likely won’t be going to the polls. I’ll vote by mail — too many people aren’t wearing their face masks. This means that the Covid pandemic will give an edge to the more passionate voters.
[Note that the reactionary tendencies of conservatives may bring about a reversal of their resistant attitude about wearing face masks after the ‘fear factor’ kicks in strongly enough with ever increasing numbers of Covid-19 infections.]

Note: It’s possible that my mail-in ballot might not even be counted. If not, then that’s another ‘sign of the times’, just as having metal detectors in schools makes a clear unmitigated statement about what’s going on in ‘our’ world. Not just ‘my world’ — but yours, mine and everybody else’s.

All-Mail Elections (aka Vote-By-Mail)
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/all-mail-elections.aspx

Covid-19 postings:
https://samslair.blogspot.com/search?q=Covid&max-results=20&by-date=false&m=1