From BusinessInsider.com:
The United States Postal Service is strongly encouraging voters to request their mail-in ballots for the November 3 general election at least 15 days in advance, if not more, due to the significant expected increase in mail voting.
“We recommend that jurisdictions immediately communicate and advise voters to request ballots at the earliest point allowable but no later than 15 days prior to election date,” the Postal Service told Fox News in a statement.
Pay attention.
The Harris County Clerk sent this out yesterday:
Houston, TX) –– Today, Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins announced the creation of the S.A.F.E. Elections Medical Advisory Committee (SEMAC) to advise on measures that the Harris County Clerk’s Office can take to ensure that voting remains safe throughout the November General Election. SEMAC is composed of eight leading Houston-area doctors, health care experts, and infectious disease specialists. In addition to improving upon the safety measures put in place through the S.A.F.E. Elections Plan for the July Primary Runoff Election, SEMAC will provide additional recommendations to protect voters and election workers at voting centers. Additionally, SEMAC will provide guidance to voters to make their own health determinations in assessing whether they are eligible to vote by mail this November.
“My number one priority is to keep Harris County residents safe while we work together to curb the spread of COVID-19,” said Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins. “The S.A.F.E. Elections Medical Advisory Committee will help us to ensure that even more safety measures than we had at voting centers this July will be in place this November to further protect those exercising their right to vote. We know that voting by mail is the safest method to vote during this pandemic, and it is my duty to inform voters about every available option they have to vote. Based on the Committee’s recommendations, we will encourage all Harris County residents to assess their own health status to decide if they are eligible to vote by mail.”
S.A.F.E. Elections Medical Advisory Committee Members
- EDWIN ALEXANDER, B.Sc., M.Sc.
- Expert Medical Advisor & Clinical Research Operations Consultant
- Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Industry
- MILTON FINEGOLD, M.D.
- Emeritus Professor of Pathology-Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine
- FAITH D. IHEKWEAZU, M.D., M.S.
- Assistant Professor, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
- ELENA M. MARKS, J.D., M.P.H
- President & CEO, Episcopal Health Foundation
- Non-resident Fellow in Health Policy, Rice University’s Baker Institute
- DANIEL M. MUSHER, M.D.
- Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
- Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Infectious Disease Section, VA Medical Center, Houston
- ANAEZE OFFODILE II, M.D., M.P.H.
- Executive Director, Clinical Transformation
- Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery,UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Non-Residential Scholar, Baker Institute for Public Policy
- WELELA TEREFFE, M.D., M.P.H.
- Chief Medical Officer
- Professor, Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- JAMES VERSALOVIC, M.D., PH.D
- Interim Physician-in-Chief and Pathologist-in-Chief, Texas Children’s Hospital
- Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine
I am guessing at least one of the eight is a Latino or Latina. I can’t tell because I am not sure the last name is a Spanish surname. Feel free to let Commentary know.
The GOP is working with Kanye to get him on some state ballots. Whatever.
Commentary tries to stay at my place. I order online and pickup curbside when I can. When that won’t work out, I have to go out. When I am out, I play defense and I watch if folks are going to get near me. I check the aisles. Maybe you get the picture.
In the evenings, I just stay at home. Now I have Astros to watch instead of CNN. I really have not had time to pay attention to the rest of MLB other than the news about the teams who are testing positive.
I know we are 6-4 and our hitting is pretty good. Starting pitcher Cristian Javier put in another good outing last night. I know all but one of our relievers is a rookie. It looks like the Roberto Osuna era in H-Town is coming to an end. Starters Zack Greinke, Lance McCullers, Jr., Javier and Framber Valdez have to be solid. I don’t know about Josh James.
I said our hitting is pretty good and we are still waiting for Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and #SpringerDinger to fire up.
I worry about injuries and testing positive. We still have 50 games on the schedule.
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