Nevada's expansion of mail-in voting reassured some who are worried about Covid-19 — but raised fears for others that their ballots could be disqualified.
in state history, with 491,654 votes cast, nearly 30 percent of all registered voters.
An election worker processes mail-in ballots during a nearly all-mail primary election in Las Vegas on June 9.Advocates say they have been fielding scores of phone calls from voters ranging from how to send in their ballots to what signature they are supposed to use . He added that the organization has also received questions about social distancing measures at the polls and whether early voting in person is safer. “We are spending a lot of time trying to help people figure outLorenzo Becerra, 23, said he considered voting in person. But over the summer, he lost his great-uncle and great-aunt to Covid-19, and he worries about the impact of thousands of people gathering to vote.
Still, he is nervous about making a mistake. He’s enlisted a friend who volunteers with a local civic organization to help him fill out his ballot properly once he receives it.
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