Election officials warn that NY has a lot to do before November election

Election officials warn that NY has a lot to do before November election

An employee drives a delivery van during a training exercise at the U.S. Postal Service distribution facility Friday, May 22, 2020, in east Denver. The facility, which handles about 10-million pieces of mail daily for Colorado and Wyoming, is still open despite being ordered to shut down by city health officials because of a coronavirus outbreak investigation. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Election officials are warning cash-strapped New York has a lot of work to do before Nov. 3 to ensure it can handle an even bigger flood of absentee ballots that delayed the counting of results in the June primary. Lawmakers and election commissioners used a Tuesday legislative hearing to discuss a massive expansion of absentee voting without enough preparation and funding, and how the state should prepare for November. Election officials processed 1.8 million requests for absentee ballots in an election that saw nearly 40% of votes cast by absentee.

 

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