This story is from The Hill by Reid Wilson:

State and local election administrators are pushing millions of voters to cast their ballots by mail in upcoming elections amidst a pandemic that could spread widely where people gather.

 The applications raise the prospect of a massive surge of ballots pouring into election administration offices in the days leading up to the presidential election.

 They have also raised the ire of President Trump, who on Wednesday accused two states of acting illegally and raised the prospects of punishing those states by withholding funding.

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