COVID-19 has changed just about every aspect of our life — and voting in November’s election is likely to look different, too.

David Campos, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, on Tuesday will ask Mayor London Breed, the Board of Supervisors and elections chief John Arntz to remake the city’s election.

He wants no open polling places. No standing in line to vote. No hand-offs of ballots from a poll worker to you and back to another poll worker once you’re done deliberating. Instead, every vote would be cast via mail.

Currently, anybody can vote by mail, but people have to request a ballot in advance rather than being sent one automatically. In the March election, about two-thirds of votes were cast via mail ballots, and sometimes it’s even higher than that.

“The current San Francisco county election system will put voters in the position of choosing between their health or exercising their right to vote,” Campos, chair of the elected Democratic County Central Committee, wrote in a letter to be delivered Tuesday.

He was motivated by the long, packed lines of voters in the April 7 primary election in Wisconsin after that state’s Supreme Court ruled at the last minute that in-person voting must proceed.

It’s hard to imagine that anyone in San Francisco wants a repeat of the Wisconsin fiasco — and Arntz and Breed are already working on ways to keep San Francisco voters safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arntz was at his desk in the basement of City Hall on Monday morning, working on contingency plans for November. His staff is contacting San Franciscans who host polling places — such as in their garages — as well as those who staff the polling places, asking if they’re willing to participate in November.

He said 25% flat-out refused. Those remaining are tentatively open to it, but Arntz said many of them likely would cancel if the pandemic remains as bad as it is now or surges in the fall.

Arntz said he’d like to send all registered San Francisco voters vote-by-mail ballots, but that Gov. Gavin Newsom first has to issue an executive order giving counties the right to do so. Newsom is expected to issue such an order in early May, Arntz said.

“We would prefer to run a vote-by-mail election for November,” Arntz said.

He’s already planning to order more envelopes and has redesigned them to ensure they have peel-off stickers to close them, rather than requiring people to lick them. He said he’s also planning to have the ballots counted at a large warehouse on Pier 31 so staffers can spread out and not be crammed together at City Hall as they usually are. The mayor, he said, has directed Public Works to build out the warehouse for that purpose.

Arntz said it could take up to two extra weeks to get election results from a vote-by-mail system, because those ballots take longer to count.

Campos would prefer that no polling places be open.

But Jonathan Stein, voting rights and census program manager at Asian Law Caucus, which advocates for full participation in the democratic process, said it’s important to maintain some in-person voting locations. He said people with disabilities may need help filling out their ballots, and people who don’t speak English may need on-site translators. Others don’t trust the mail, and still others who’ve become homeless in the economic crisis may not receive the vote-by-mail ballot.

These issues are being discussed by a daily working group convened by Secretary of State Alex Padilla to keep the November election safe and accessible.

“The one area of widespread agreement is that every single California registered voter needs to be mailed a vote-by-mail ballot,” Stein said.

Campos also is calling for a change that will be more controversial. He wants San Francisco to opt into the Voter Choice Act, passed in 2016 to modernize state elections. A handful of counties participated in 2018, and 10 more opted in for this November. It’s too late for San Francisco to participate this year, but Campos wants the county to opt in for future elections.

The Voter Choice Act trades neighborhood polling places for larger voting centers that are open longer than just on election day, to give people more flexibility in voting. Also, counties that participate must mail every registered voter a ballot at least 28 days before election day and have ballot drop-off locations throughout the county.

Campos said the switch would make it easier for people to vote and protect them if the COVID-19 pandemic continues or another pandemic arises.

Arntz said it’s “possible” San Francisco will adopt the Voter Choice Act, but he’s not sure residents really want to give up their neighborhood polling places for good. Adoption would require a vote of the Board of Supervisors, he said.

“Voters still like to have that sense of community of going to the location near their home, dropping off their ballot and getting the ‘I Voted’ sticker, and being part of the process in that way,” he said.

Arntz added that his department was anticipating voter turnout this November of well over 80%.

“The expectation before COVID-19 was this would be one of the biggest elections in the city’s history,” Arntz said.

After all, the vast majority of San Franciscans would relish helping to kick President Trump out of the White House. Who knows? Trump’s disastrous handling of the pandemic might spur even more San Franciscans to vote.

We all can use a smile these days — even if your smile is hidden by a face covering, now mandated when you run essential errands in San Francisco.

In that vein, State Sen. Scott Wiener has come up with the “Masks are Fierce” contest. Take a photo of your face mask — the more fabulous, the better — and email it to sfmaskcompetition@gmail.com by Monday.

Some of the city’s best-known drag queens — Donna Sachet, Sister Roma, Peaches Christ and BeBe Sweetbriar — will judge the masks. The prizes have yet to be decided, but who cares? Drag queen approval is the best prize of all.

“San Francisco is the most creative and innovative city in the world,” Wiener said. “Let’s come up with the best and most fabulous masks around.”

I got a sneak peek at entrants so far, and the competition, like the masks, is fierce.

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight appears Sundays and Tuesdays. Email: hknight@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @hknightsf Instagram: @heatherknightsf