Is the U.S. Ready to Vote by Mail?

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🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The United States is preparing to hold its first ever socially distant presidential election. But will it actually work? Guest: Reid J. Epstein, who covers campaigns and elections for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: President Trump’s suggestion that the Nov. 3 vote could be delayed — something he cannot do on his own — drew unusually firm Republican resistance and signaled worry about his re-election bid.Georgia’s troubled primary elections in June may be a preview of graver battles coming in the general election.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:32.6	This is a daily.
0:35.6	Today, the United States is preparing to hold its first socially distant presidential
0:46.8	election in history.
0:49.8	Will it actually work?
0:52.4	My colleague, Reed Epstein, on what we've learned from the very different experience of two
0:58.4	states.
1:03.3	It's Tuesday, August 4.
1:09.2	So Reed, it is precisely three months to the day until election day.
1:14.0	And from what you can tell, given the state of the pandemic, we'll voting on November 3rd
1:19.4	at all resemble the way we have cast ballots in the past.
1:24.4	For a lot of us, no.
1:31.2	The idea that people have that they wake up the morning of election day and go to the
1:37.6	middle school or a church or something nearby and wait in line for a few minutes in vote.
1:42.6	For a lot of us, that's going to be replaced with opening your mailbox and seeing a ballot
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