Supervisor of Elections says 70% of Lee County votes were by mail

Supervisor of Elections says 70% of Lee County votes were by mail

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PATRICK?I’M PATRICK NOLAN LIVE FROM THELEE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OFELECTIONS OFFICTHE PRIMARY ELECTION IN LEECOUNTY LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENTTHAN IT HAS IN THE PAST.FACE MASKS AND PLEXIGLASS WEREAT EVERY POLLING PLACE, AND THEMAJORITY OF VOTERS PUT THEIRBALLOTS IN THE MAIL.I WANT TO BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE,ROB MANCH, WHO SPOKE WITH THECOUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONSABOUT THE PREPARATION FORTONIGHT.WE SAW DOZENS OF VOTERS COME TODROP OFF THEIR BALLOTS HERE ATTHE LEE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OFELECTIONS, AND WE SAW TRUCKSFROM THE POST OFFICE UNLOADINGBOXES OF BALLOTS AS WELL.IT WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT SIGHTTHAN THE LAST PRIMARY ELECTIONJUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.Votes were coming in fast andfurious Tuesday afternoon.Voters say it’s safer to droptheir ballots herThan to go through voting at anactual polling place.Maya Senecharles, Dropped OffHer Vote: "I just didn’t feelsafe going to the polling, andwanted to make sure I could getmy vote in I waited a littletoo long to come in-person, butI’m here now, so."(8s)Supervisor of Elections TommyDoyle says, he saw this coming.Tommy Doyle, Lee CountySupervisor of Elections: "It’sjust too much of a risk.

Youknow people are very, very wearyand paranoid about catchingCOVID-19 and they try to stayaway from people."(10s)Doyle says COVID-19 didn’t julead to more mail-in ballots, italso caused a lot of poworkers to stay home.Tommy Doyle, Lee CountySupervisor of Elections: "Wewere down about 1,000 pollworkers, and so we decided thatwe would consolidate, from 125polling locations to 90."(11s)But regardless, Doyle says theelection went smoothly, and hesays he wants to see even morepeople vote by mail in November."Request your vote by mail, anduse it as an insurance policy incase something else happens, thepandemic gets worse.

You haveresource to go back on and mailyour vote in."(