Masks, gloves and plastic shields: What voting during a pandemic looks like across Texas
Like everything else in 2020, the primary run off election is different, altered by COVID-19. Because of the pandemic, the runoff election date was pushed back seven weeks, from May 26 to July 14. Because of health concerns, counties have devised new protocols to try to ensure the safety of voters and poll workers alike. They are enforcing social distancing in lines and between voting machines — and providing protective shields and finger cots.
The lessons learned Tuesday will serve as a dress rehearsal for a high-stakes Election Day in November. To get a feeling for that, and for how things went in this unusual runoff, we sent photographers out to various polling locations around the state. Here’s some of what they saw.
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