Voting by mail

ALTHOUGH SOMEHAVE BEEN ...AND OTHERS STILLARE - SKEPTICAL OFVOTING BY MAIL, THISTYPE OF VOTING IS UPIN THE METRO AREA.OUR 3 NEWS NOWREPORTER, DANIELLEDAVIS HAS MORE ONWHAT YOU NEED TOKNOW.COURTNEY, DUE TOTHE CORONA VIRUSAND SOCIALDISTANCING, THERE ISNO EARLY VOTING INPERSON AT POLLINGPLACES, LOOKING TOELIMINATE THEIR RISKOF IN PERSON VOTINGON MAY 12TH, MANYPEOPLE ARECHOOSING EARLYVOTING BY MAIL.IT DOESN'T TAKELONG TO SCROLL THEINTERNET AND FINDCOMMENTS OFPEOPLE QUESTIONINGTHE VOTE BY MAILPROCESS AND IFTHERE VOTE WILL BELOST.OR HOW MANY VOTESWILL BE FOUND IN THETRUNK OF SOMEONE'SCAR.BUT TIMES HAVECHANGED ARE THEREARE NEW RULESGOVERNING THE VOTEBY MAIL PROCESS."YOU CAN CHECK THESTATUS OF YOURBALLOT.FROM THE TIME THATYOU REQUEST ABALLOT AND ITARRIVES IN THEIROFFICE YOU CANTRACK IT BACK.THIS IS MORE THANYO CAN SEE IF VOTINGAT A POLLING PLACE."IN WISCONSIN, LINESWERE LONG ANDVOTERS UNHAPPY TOHAVE TO PUT THEIRLIVES ON THE LINE TOVOTE.DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, THEGOVERNOR HASSUSPENDED IN-PERSON EARLYVOTING AND IF THEYARE SKEPTICALABOUT DROPPING ITIN THE MAIL, THEYCAN DROP IT OFF."THERE ARE LOCKBOXES THROUGHOUTTHE CITY, THEY AREVERY SECURE, NOONE CAN GET INTHERE EXCEPT FORAN OFFICIAL WITH THEDOUGLAS COUNTY ORSARPY COUNTYELECTION OFFICIAL."REQUESTS FOR AEARLY VOTE BY MAILBALLOT HAS TO BERECEIVED BY MAY1ST.ALONG WITH THEBENEFIT OF BEINGABLE TO VOTE INYOUR PAJAMAS,LANGLE SAYS VOTINGBY MAIL ALLOWS YOUEXTRA TIME TO SIT ATHOME, RESEARCH THECANDIDATES ANDMAKE AN INFORMEDDECISION.VISIT VOTE 411.ORGFOR MOREINFORMATION.THIS IS DANIELLEDAVIS, 3 NEWS NOW,THIS MORNING.COURTNEY!THE NATIONALBOBB