COLUMBUS, Ohio – The first major test of an almost completely vote-by-mail election during a pandemic is unfolding Tuesday in Ohio, offering lessons to other states about how to conduct one of the most basic acts of democracy amid a health crisis.
The process hasn't been smooth as state officials have navigated election laws and the need to protect citizens and poll workers from the coronavirus.
Ohio's in-person primary was delayed just hours before polls were supposed to open last month, prompting legal challenges and confusion.
Tuesday's election replacing it requires voters to run at least three pieces of mail — an application, a blank ballot and a completed one — through the U.S.