Here are three reasons why.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more people will bypass voting in-person at their usual precincts and simply submit their ballots by mail as a way to minimize risk of contracting COVID-19 from a precinct that could have a lot of people on Election Day.California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, New Jersey, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Vermont and Washington will conduct primarily vote-by-mail elections, according to CNN.
Indiana, Lousiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas will require an excuse to vote by mail, while all other states will allow voters to request a mail-in ballot.The United States Postal Service is struggling with financial issues, which could delay the mailing of ballots throughout the country,.