I have voted by mail for over 40 years, why should I change now?
I serve as Asst. Registrar of Voters in my town on election day (not at my [polling location) so am qualified for an absentee ballot under CT’s strict rules (in all other years but this).
Today, Town Clerks in CT can start mailing ballots to those who applied for absentee ballots. I expect ours will arrive tomorrow, My family will fill them out, sign and seal the envelopes and I’ll drive to Town Hall or the Police HQ and deposit them in the Ballot collection boxes.
I’ll not entrust them to the poorly run USPS to make timely delivery.
On Primary Day in August, I supervised Absentee Ballot counting. CT requires the ballots arrive on or before election day. We started at noon and finished at midnight.
Based on the number of applications for absentee ballots received, we trained/engaged three times the number of ballot counters we had on primary day.
I expect we’ll finish in about the same amount of time.
As for BLM rallies, I attended one on the Town Hall green in our little town many months ago. There was total social distancing with spaces marked on the lawn and small family areas roped off. No one was permitted in the area unless wearing a mask. The organizers has booths set up at the entry to provide free masks and hand sanitizer if anyone needed them.
Approximately 1% of the town;s population showed up, There were 90 minutes of interesting speeches, all were orderly, and all wore masks. Water bottles were made available on the hot afternoon at no charge. I stayed after the rally to help clean up, but not one bottle or cap was left behind.
Since then, BLM rallies in town have been Virtual, because we have a 100 person outdoor event limit in effect.