//Another Election Day challenge: People who have Covid-19 and need to vote

Another Election Day challenge: People who have Covid-19 and need to vote

Voters 65 and older and people who are unable to stand in line to vote due to a disability are allowed to vote from their vehicle in Charleston, South Carolina. | Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

The CDC issued guidelines on how to safely vote if you have Covid-19. 

About 100 million voters cast their ballots before Election Day, taking seriously the advice to vote early, either in person or by mail.

But there’s another problem some voters are facing in the middle of the pandemic: How do you vote if you’re sick with, or have been exposed to, Covid-19?

The United States recorded more than 93,000 new Covid-19 cases on November 1 alone, a number that’s greater than the total of votes Trump won in three states that tipped him to victory in the Electoral College in 2016, in case anyone is counting. So