Demand for mail-in absentee ballots for the November election is set to create a strain on election administrators that results in a bureaucratic nightmare on Election Day.

Due both to activists pushing for greater absentee voting and to a general population likely to be wary of going in public even after states lift social distancing restrictions, the sudden desire to change voting methods away from physical polling places creates a logistical challenge that may be insurmountable.

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