In an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, officials in Washington are asking voters not to lick the envelopes used for mail-in ballots in the state, which has become the epicenter of the nation’s COVID-19 outbreak.
, fears about the disease may have stopped some people from visiting their polling place, said Jim Irizarry, the county’s assistant chief elections officer.
Irizarry said he informed voters that hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes would be available, but he suspects some people weren’t convinced. “I think people are so cautious that there’s a percentage of the voting public that’s probably not visiting a vote center,” Irizarry said Tuesday night. He noted that everyone in the county was mailed a ballot that could be deposited in drop boxes, instead of visiting a polling place, adding that he hoped voters took advantage of that option.
Tuesday marked a day of grim milestones, with more coronavirus deaths tied to a nursing home in Washington state, a new quarantine in the suburbs of New York City and a warning that many more cases were coming.“I want them to be prepared for the reality that they, there are going to be more cases in the community,” said Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “But I want them to continue their daily lives.
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