Voters casting primary ballots in 5 states amid protests and a pandemic. Here's what to watch for

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Voters casting primary ballots in 5 states amid protests and a pandemic. Here's what to watch for

Voters in five states are casting ballots Tuesday in primary elections amid nationwide protests over racial discrimination and a pandemic that has killed more than 111,000 people in the U.S.

North Dakota, South Carolina and West Virginia – to urge their voters to cast ballots by mail to avoid crowded polling stations that may risk spreading the infection. Nevada and North Dakota have shifted to almost entirely mail-in voting for the primary.

Absentee or mail-in votes generally take more time to tabulate than in-person votes that can be quickly scanned. Combined with a shortage of election workers caused by fears of exposure to the virus, officials in all the states voting Tuesday have cautioned it could take longer than usual to count the votes and the results may be slow to come in.

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