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Voters cast ballots in booths spread six feet apart at the Metropolitan Multiservices Center for the delayed primary runoff election in Houston on July 14, 2020.
Texas 2020 Elections

Masks, gloves and plastic shields: What voting during a pandemic looks like across Texas

This year’s primary runoff election in Texas is different from any before it. The Texas Tribune sent photographers to see what it was like.

By Allie Goulding, Jordan Vonderhaar, Michael Stravato and Shelby Tauber
A man votes inside Great Baptist Hills on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Austin.
A voter talks to Save Austin Now campaigners at Great Baptist Hills on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Austin.
People wait to vote in triple digit heat at the AISD Performing Arts Center in Mueller on July 14, 2020.
A voter lined up at the Oak Lawn Branch Library polling location in Dallas during the state primary runoff election on July 14, 2020.
A voter has an "I Voted in Dallas County" sticker at the Oak Lawn Branch Library polling location in Dallas during the state primary runoff election on July 14, 2020.
Frannie Griffin submits her ballot at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas for the state’s runoff elections on July 14.
A sanitation station is positioned at the entrance of a polling site at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas on July 14.
A polling site at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas.
Voters check in with poll workers seated behind glass shields at the Metropolitan Multiservices Center in Houston for the delayed primary runoff election on Tuesday, July 14, 2020.
Voters, wearing masks and spread six feet apart, line up outside the Metropolitan Multiservice Center in Houston to vote in the delayed primary runoff election on Tuesday July 14, 2020.
Voters check in with poll workers behind glass barriers at the Metropolitan Multi-Services Center for the delayed primary runoff election in Houston on July 14, 2020.
People wait in 100 degree weatheto vote at the Pflugerville ISD Rock Gym on July 14, 2020.
Voters enter a polling site at Ben Hur Shrine Center on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Austin.
A voter uses an umbrella for protection from the sun. Voters waited in 100 degree temperatures outside the Pflugerville ISD Rock Gym  on Tuesday.
The Southpark Meadows polling location on election day in Texas' primary runoffs and special elections on July 14, 2020.
A voter waits in line in Texas' July primary runoff and special elections at Zilker Elementary School in Austin.
Two voters take a selfie after voting in Texas' July primary runoffs at Zilker Elementary School on July 14, 2020.
Curbside voting Signs with buzzers outside the Metropolitan Multi-services in Houston.

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