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The Alabama Democratic Party, chaired by State Representative Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa), took to twitter today to discuss their concerns on how to safely vote going into the November 2020 elections.

The twitter thread, all in total containing eleven comments, stated that there are around 870,000 Alabamians who are over 65+ years old and that most of the conditions that cause death in Alabama are conditions that increase the chance of death with COVID-19.

About 17% of Alabamians are age 65+. That's ~827,000 of us.



Take a look at the top causes of death in Alabama in 2018 (via @ALPublicHealth annual report). Notice anything? Most of the conditions that put folks at risk of COVID-19 are preexisting conditions for Alabamians. pic.twitter.com/fIRWE9qTw5 — Alabama Democrats (@aldemocrats) April 22, 2020

Another tweet quoted Dr. Robert Redfield, the CDC Director, as saying the second wave of COVID-19, which is expected to happen in the fall, would be worse than the first wave we are experiencing now. The tweet pointed out that the flu season would be ramping up right at election time.

Just yesterday, Dr. Robert Redfield (CDC director) said the second wave of COVID-19, which would occur in flu season, could be worse than this one.



Know when flu season kicks up? That's right. Election time.

https://t.co/gQh9zobLR6 — Alabama Democrats (@aldemocrats) April 22, 2020

The Alabama Democratic Party offered up their own suggestions for how Alabamians could safely vote come November and offered up their evidence that their suggestions would not result in voter fraud and would not benefit either of the major parties.

One source, a study from Stanford University, looked at elections from 1996 to 2018 and showed increased participation and no real change in the outcome of the elections if vote by mail was used.

A study last week from Stanford University (Condi's old school, not SAMford) confirms this regarding vote by mail. This study looks at elections from 1996 to 2018. It shows increased participation + no real change in outcome.



It's not an outlier. https://t.co/Fhj6cERD0x — Alabama Democrats (@aldemocrats) April 22, 2020

Another source via an op-ed from Ben Ginsberg, a Republican election lawyer, called for the “need to greatly expand voting by mail, consolidate polling places and fundamentally reconceive the voting system to ensure voters and poll workers in 2020 can perform their duties without risk to their own or to the public’s health.”

Here's an op-ed by Ben Ginsberg. He's a Republican elections lawyer. Worked for George W. Bush, the RNC, and a bunch of other big-time Republican campaigns.



He also thinks we should act now to save November. https://t.co/gMuN0NdGAs pic.twitter.com/nrAFRSPleW — Alabama Democrats (@aldemocrats) April 22, 2020

In the end, the Alabama Democratic Party is calling for the following changes going into the November 2020 elections:

No-excuse absentee voting, including vote by mail.

Two weeks’ in-person early voting.

A bipartisan task force on civic resilience.

So we want:



✅No-excuse absentee, including vote by mail;

✅Two weeks' in-person early voting; and

✅A bipartisan task force on civic resilience.



Elections and, more importantly, voters don't have to be vulnerable to weather, disease, and other dangers.



We can do better. — Alabama Democrats (@aldemocrats) April 22, 2020