'Elections officials and advocates have called it a nightmare.

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7. I agree,

saw it in the paper so thought would post.

'Local election directors also have been critical of the plan, saying they cannot possibly open the thousands of polling places needed to pull off a traditional election in the midst of the pandemic nor recruit the 25,000 workers needed to staff those polls.

Given the public outcry, some remain baffled as to how Hogan reached the decision in the first place. The State Board of Elections divided on the issue of the election’s format — Democrats favored mailing ballots to all voters while Republicans wanted to send absentee ballot applications — but neither faction considered the possibility of opening all of voting locations.'