Widespread concern over catching coronavirus at polling places is setting the stage for a record-breaking election for votes by mail. To date, 272,794 advance ballots have been sent by mail compared to 3,046 in 2018. In Sedgwick County alone, the election office has received close to 50,000 requests for a ballot by mail for the primary compared to a total of 8,100 for the 2016 primary. With thousands more choosing to send in votes, Kansas counties are scrambling to bring in enough election workers to count the ballots by hand.
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