This is NPR's Life Kit. I'm Wanda Summers from the NPR Politics team.

The coronavirus has drastically changed all aspects of American life.

It turned our economy and education systems upside down.

And in November, it'll change our democracy.

Voting is going to look different this year than it ever has before.

Four years ago, more voters chose to vote by mail than in any presidential election ever before,

with about a quarter of voters choosing to vote that way.

This year, experts are expecting that number to at least double,

with as many as 60 or 70% of all ballots being vote by mail or absentee ballots.

That means there's a gap here. There are a lot of voters who have never voted by mail before,

but who are going to want to this year for health reasons.

And there will also be a lot of new voters who are participating in this process for the first time.

We want to help. So this episode of Life Kit, how to vote by mail.

Joining us now is NPR's Voting Reporter, Miles Parks. Hey, Miles.

Hi, Wanda.

So I want to start really broad. How is this election going to look different than a normal election?

Let's think, for example, maybe the 2018 midterms.

Not to be overly dramatic, but this election is going to be different than just about any

election we've ever had in American history. I mean, states are going to have to change

everything about how we vote to accommodate the coronavirus.

Even when you just think about in-person polling places, you think about the masks that

precinct officers are going to have to wear and the separation that they're going to need to be

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