- THE VO
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SCENARIO
1
DEMOCRACY’S
SAFE
FOR
NOW
Despite
public
concern
and
experts’
warnings,
the
“pandemic
election”
goes
OK.
We
learn
who
won
before
too
long,
and
the
vast
majority
of
Americans
accept
the
result.
Most
mail-in
ballots
are
counted,
if
slowly.
There
is
no
mayhem
at
the
polls,
and
few
cases
of
Covid-19
are
attributed
to
polling
places.
State
and
federal
lawmakers
face
pressure
to
reform
voting
processes
before
the
next
election.
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