Monday, September 21, 2020

Mail-In voting
Tennessee’s secretary of state Tre Hargett says he doesn't expect all of the votes in the country to be counted on November 3. He says mail-in voting numbers are expected to be much higher than normal because of coronavirus concerns. “I don’t think that we’re going to know the results on that day, Hargett said during a recent visit to Johnson City, "and I think that we as a nation need to understand that we would rather get those results right than (get them) fast." Hargett said if the nation doesn’t know who the next president will be election night, it won’t be a sign of illegal voting. And he added, “People should be patient and understand that just because we may go to bed on election night without the final results, that doesn’t necessarily mean those results are less valid.” The Secretary of State predicts 10 to 12 percent of total votes cast will be absentee — far more than the 2 percent in the past. “It wouldn’t surprise me to honestly see, 250-300,000 people decide to cast absentee ballots. I think a lot of it’s going to be contingent on what we’re looking at pandemic-wise as we approach that date.” Mailed ballots can be opened beginning when the polls open on election day. Workers open them, verify signatures and then scan the ballot into a machine. In Tennessee, mail-in ballots must be received by election day, not just postmarked by that date.


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