The pandemic has brought all sorts of things to a standstill, including elections. The US is in the middle of a presidential race and states are scrambling to come up with ways people can vote safely. More than a dozen states have delayed their primaries. Some are trying to expand voting by mail by November. And some are looking to make online voting available to more people, making election security experts particularly nervous. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.
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