This story is from Morning Consult by Sam Sabin:
As more states weigh whether to push back their primary votes, most voters say they are at least somewhat concerned about placing their ballot in person during the coronavirus outbreak — and they’re more trusting of online voting systems amid the pandemic than they were after the Iowa caucuses, new Morning Consult data shows.
Among a sample of 1,796 registered voters, 66 percent said they were at least somewhat concerned with the prospect of voting in person during the outbreak, which has prompted many communities to practice social distancing and avoid crowds to slow down the spread of the virus.
However, concerns about voting during the pandemic haven’t trumped those surrounding possible cyberattacks and technical glitches: Seventy-four percent said they were at least somewhat concerned about technical glitches in online systems miscounting their vote, while 71 percent said the same about voting equipment being hacked.
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