The New York Times Magazine - USA (2020-11-15)

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Behind the Cover Jake Silverstein, editor in chief:

‘‘This week’s issue documents the stages of the

mail-in election, an epic process by which tens of

millions of Americans voted with absentee ballots

in the midst of a pandemic. This image of April

Roper-Ford counting absentee ballots in Lansing,

Mich., captures the final stage of that process,

a painstaking, largely manual effort.’’ Photograph

by Philip Montgomery for The New York Times.

‘That sense of

reliability’ — that the

mail is going to come

to the door — ‘has

become comforting

to people.’

8 Contributors 10 The Thread

74, 76, 78 Puzzles 74 Puzzle Answers

Michelle Pincin opening envelopes and removing

ballots in Chester County, Pa., on Election Day.

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Photograph by Dina Litovsky/Redux, for The New York Times