San Francisco unveils efforts for safe voting

by IANS |

San Francisco, Oct 2 (IANS) The US city of San Francisco has unveiled a series of efforts to make voting safe in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic during the November 3 presidential election.

On Thursday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed inaugurated a new voting centre outside city hall where early voting will start from October 5 onwards, NBC Bay Area said in a news report.

"We're not going to let Covid-19 stop us from making sure that you have access to vote in San Francisco at your convenience.

"Although we can't do what we've done in the past and provide early voting in city hall, we are going to be doing early voting right outside on Grove Street in what looks like a beautiful party tent," she was quoted as saying after the inauguration.

Breed added that people can also drop off a mail-in ballot at the new center, but if it's too far or too busy, there are 588 other locations across San Francisco where citizens can vote in person or drop off a ballot.

The city will also mail ballots to every registered voter this year, the Mayor further said.

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