States are beginning to formalize their ballots and prepare for printing them (or programming them) as the case may be.
If your polling place will be using electronic voting machines without a paper trail (which pretty much means any EVMs outside of Nevada as far as I know), it's important to send a message to state officials that this is not acceptable. The easiest way to do this (and insure that your vote is counted) is to vote absentee.
The number of absentee ballots cast is relatively small, so even a modest uptick will be very noticeable.
Your mission: Find out your state's absentee policy. Some states are more flexible than others. And find out what your county (these decisions are generally made at the county level) is doing for voting technology. If you've got an electronic polling machine, request an absentee ballot.
Note that many states allow you to drop off your absentee ballot at a polling place on election day. This is my plan, so I can mention to the election judges why I'm doing this.
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