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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's certainly possible to get covid while voting, but it's unlikely for those who are being careful.

People - for the most part - won't be drunk, yelling, and maskless. [/quote]

But likewise, people who will be voting will include many high-risk individuals.  That's a lot to ask of people, when the answer is very easy, allow them to request an absentee ballot and vote by mail.  Why is that so difficult?  Not sending out ballots to every registered voter, but having any individual who feels they are at risk being allowed to request a mail-in ballot the same as someone who will be out of the area at the time of voting.  This is the same system as Trump has said is safe in Florida.  Why is it not safe in other states?

Everyone who is a proponent of opening up the states, businesses, school has said that otherwise healthy individuals should be able to return to normal lives and anyone who is high risk or feels they are high risk should stay isolated to protect themselves.  The same policy needs to hold true for voting.  Those who are otherwise healthy should go to the polls and vote.  Those who are high risk or feel endangered should continue to isolate and be allowed to request a mail-in ballot.

It's absolutely ridiculous that my sister who had liver failure, and is on a battery of drugs that weaken her immune system and has been told by her doctors to isolate as much as possible and to avoid people because she is extremely high risk, is not allowed to request a mail-in ballot and instead is going to lose her right to vote because her state will only allow her to vote by going out to a polling station and standing in a long line with people, half of whom will not wear masks because they feel it is a violation of their personal rights.  So, she will not vote.  And she lives in a critical election state.[/quote]

I don't think anybody disagrees with this "Those who are otherwise healthy should go to the polls and vote.  Those who are high risk or feel endangered should continue to isolate and be allowed to request a mail-in ballot."

But, that is not at all representative of what is happening.

Where on earth is your sister that an absentee/mail-in ballot is not available and has not been available for months?  I have a hard time believing this story.

And, in any event, you are talking about a rounding error in terms of the number of voters anyways.  Justifying some sea-change in the way voting is done to protect the system based on extremely limited numbers of people makes zero sense.[/quote]

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