Gen Z voters, you might want to ask your parents where to buy stamps.

On Meet The Press this Sunday, host Chuck Todd asked presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden if he thought we’d have to conduct an all-mail ballot election this fall. The former Vice President didn’t exactly answer “hell, yes!” but didn’t say “no” either.

He began by suggesting we should look into all-mail ballots across the board to begin with, “because it’s an easier way for people to vote,” but more to Todd’s specific point about a potential coronavirus resurgence in fall, Biden said “we should be beginning to plan that” and “I think it’s worth looking at, quickly.”

While there are a great many differences between the current crisis and the influenza pandemic of 1918 (there is no mass return of GIs from a foreign war at this time), it can’t in any way hurt to look to the past for preventative measures. The so-called “second wave” of the 1918 flu hit as temperatures cooled in autumn, with October being the deadliest month.

The coronavirus pandemic has already caused postponements for primaries in Louisiana, Georgia, Maryland, Kentucky, and Ohio. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ron Wyden continue to push for funding to help boost the outreach, education and manpower needed for dramatically increased mail-in votes. The ACLU has also endorsed the idea.

President Trump hasn’t made his opinion known just yet, but he did gripe about absentee ballots in a Florida election when they interfered with his preferences in 2018.

There is a certain logic in theorizing mail-in votes could potentially skew in favor of a Trump-challenger. Currently the coronavirus outbreak is hammering densely-populated urban areas which tend to vote blue. If these continue to be the hotspots in October, those voters will be the ones sheltering-in-place. And unless you happen to live in a school gymnasium, you may be out of luck.

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