Proposal to cancel April special elections could hurt schools, district officials say

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Citing concerns over the health of elections workers, Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman earlier this week called on Gov. Jay Inslee to cancel all special elections scheduled in April.

But school district administrators worry that if voters won't have the chance to pass levies and bonds this spring, it could hurt schools.

North Mason School District Superintendent Dana Rosenbach said losing the April levy would cause her to lay off teachers this fall.

“It would result in probably close to $4 million in cuts, most of which would be layoffs,” Rosenbach said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/proposal-to-cancel-april-special-elections-could-hurt-schools-district-officials-say/ar-BB11vM3d?ocid=hplocalnews

We're a vote by mail state. Why would we be canceling an election?

[jimfields33]

1. It has to be they are worried about the people who open the envelope

And the counters. I mean those papers sit on counters for weeks in some cases and then after that they lick it closed. Probable the worst virus giver of all.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Worst case they can let them sit around unopened for a few weeks.

The virus can only last a few days on surfaces:
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronavirus-stable-hours-surfaces

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Wear gloves and masks then

And encourage everyone to wet the envelope with a sponge.

Did any poll worker catch COVID-19 in the primary? These are smaller local elections coming up.

[jimfields33]

4. Those are good items they should add to the instructions