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All-Mail Voting In November Is 'Possible' Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Washington Secretary Of State Say

An Ocean County voter in Toms River, New Jersey, carries her completed ballot in an envelope on Nov. 5, 2012. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

Fourteen states have now postponed presidential primaries because of the coronavirus crisis. Calls for nationwide mail-in voting are growing over concerns that COVID-19 will threaten voter turnout in November.

Currently, only five states — Colorado, Oregon, Hawaii, Utah and Washington — conduct all of their elections by mail. Washington state recently held its presidential primary using mail-in ballots.

Washington’s Secretary says between her and the state’s Director of Elections Lori Augino, they have fielded at least 25 calls from other states asking about how voting in Washington works.

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