Elections Supervisor Touts Vote-By-Mail, Social Distancing For Primary

The deadline to register to vote in the August primary is one week from Monday and Florida elections officials say they're making sure your safe to cast a ballot.

"We've gotten a lot of ppe and we're going to be protecting our pollworkers as well as our voters."

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link says they're also putting up plexiglass between voters and pollworkers and every poll worker will have their temperature taken in the morning of election day.

She says social distancing measures will also be in place.

"We have tape that's in English and Spanish that we'll put outside as well as inside, separating people by six feet and we'll have a line deputy who's there to enforce that."

Sartory Link continues to tout what she calls the ease and safety of mail-in voting.

"We check to make sure there's not already voter history, and that voter history is updated very fast throughout the day in our system so that if we have received a vote by mail, you won't also able to vote in person and vice versa."

She says vote-by-mail is regulated to ensure accurate results.

Pres. Trump has spoken out against mail-in ballots, claiming they lead to fraud.

Meanwhile, the elections supervisor is looking for poll workers because a large number of those in their 60's, who have worked in previous elections, are opting out due to the coronavirus.

The primary is set for August 18th, and there are a number of local, federal and statewide races up for grabs.

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