"Although the risk of transmission of COVID-19 on surfaces like mail is very low, some have gone to extremes to sanitize anything that comes into their house, from food to mail…to their voter ballots. It's gotten to the point where election officials have had to warn people not to try to disinfect their ballots because if they're damaged, they'll have to get thrown out.
The problem is that many people are attempting to disinfect their mail-in ballots in a way that totally destroys them and their votes with them. The registrar said that they have received at least 100 ballots that have been damaged from being sprayed with disinfectant and alcohol spray.
"In one case, someone even microwaved their ballot in an attempt to get rid of any germs," KCRA 3 reports. Don't, and I cannot stress this enough, do this! It's completely unnecessary, and it very well may prevent your vote from being counted, which would be a travesty."
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