Safety precautions at the polls

Safety precautions have been put in place for voters amid the coronavirus pandemic.

LOOK AT SOME OF THERACES WE'RE FOLLOWINGTODAY.WE START WITH ARIELROTHFIELD WHO HASMORE ON HOW THEPANDEMIC HAS IMPACTEDELECTION DAY.TODAY HAS LOOKEDDIFFERENT FROMPREVIOUS AUGUSTPRIMARIES- PARTIALLYBECAUSE OF THECORONAVIRUSIF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED-HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECVOTERS ARE BEING ASKEDTO WEAR THEIR MASKSAND SOCIAL DISTANCE-STANDING 6 FEET APARTWHILE THEY WAIT TO CASTTHEIR BALLOTSWORKERS ARE WEARINGGLOVES AND SHIELDS ANDWIPING EVERYTHINGDOBEYOND THESE SAFETYPRECAUTIONS, ANOTHERMAJOR CHANGE IS THENUMBER OF POLLINGLOCATIONS AND EXACTLYWHERE THEY ARETHIS PRIMARY THERE AREFEWER POLLING STATIONSMOST ARE LOCATED INCHURCHES ORGYMNASIUMS BIG ENOUGHTO SOCIAL DISTANCEBUT THAT DOES NOT MEANVOTER TURNOUT IS LOWTHE KANSAS CITYELECTION BOARD ISANTICIPATING HIGHERNUMBERS THIS PRIMARYPARTIALLY BECAUSE OF ABIG ISSUE ON THE BALLOT:A CONSTITUTIONALAMENDMENT THAT WOULDEXPAND MEDICAID FORLOW-INCOME RESIDENTSScott and Ellen Daniels"It was busy but it was veryefficient.It went really fast goingthrough forsocial spacing and socialdistancing.It was pretty easy.

It was niceto seea lot of people"THE POLLS ARE OPENUNTIL 7 PM IN BOTHMISSOURI AND KANSAS-THAT MEANS IF YOU ARE INLINE BY 7:00, YOU WILL BEABLE TO VOTEREPORTING IN KANSASCITY.

ARIEL ROTHFIELD.

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