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Monday, August 10, 2020

California Response To COVID-19 / Vote By Mail In 2020

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Sacramento County Elections Assistant David Quiel operates a machine that cuts open vote-by-mail ballots, organizes them by precinct, and records that they were successfully received by the county at the elections office on March 3, 2020.

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Today's Guests:

POLITICO California Playbook co-writer Jeremy B. White with the latest on the pandemic in California as the state surpasses 10,000 deaths due to COVID-19

CapRadio reporter and producer Bert Johnson checks in with updates on the impact coronavirus is having in Nevada

PolitiFact California reporter Chris Nichols explains vote-by-mail, how it works, and if California is prepared ahead of the November elections

El Dorado County Registrar of Voters Bill O'Neill discusses the vote-by-mail process in his county

Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen talks about the significance of vote-by-mail in Utah
League Women Voters of California deputy director Dora Rose on how the nonprofit group is educating voters on mail-in and absentee ballots ahead of the election