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Elections May Have to Change During the Coronavirus Outbreak. Here’s How.

ProPublica, March 19, 2020

March 19, 2020

Elections May Have to Change During the Coronavirus Outbreak. Here’s How.

Given the daunting logistical challenges of holding elections in the time of the coronavirus, we had a lot of questions for Rick Hasen, an election law expert and a law and political science [Chancellor’s] Professor at the University of California, Irvine. He’s the author of several books on elections, including “Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust and the Threat to American Democracy,” published this year. This interview has been condensed for clarity.