True", so the topic today is voting by mail. It's very timely as Virginia seeks to hold two elections - one next month for the primaries and of course, the presidential national election in November. At a time when a highly contagious virus is spreading in the Commonwealth, last week's municipal elections were held in more than 100 cities around the state. Nearly half of the voters, 47%, cast their ballots by mail. Let me show you a visual that we put out shortly after that. You can see that voting by mail was not a big deal four years ago in municipal elections. There were only fourteen hundred ballots cast. However, this year, with roughly the same turnout, there were 60 to 61 thousand mail-in ballots. This raises a question of what last week's election tells us about what to expect this fall and next month. I want to say one final word, the EPA is drawing attention to this issue not because we want to be a cheerleader or a prophet of doom. Our goal here is to inform, and we hope you learn something to take away and make your own decisions and conclusions. Now, onto our first panelist, Brenda Cabrera. She's the general registrar and director of elections in the city of Fairfax. It's important to note that Fairfax had a significant number of mail-in ballots - 74% or 3 out of every 4 ballots last week were cast through the mail. Brenda, welcome and tell us a little about yourself. How long have you been involved in elections and how long have you been running things in Fairfax city? Thank you, David. I have been working in elections for over 30 years. I started as an election officer, worked my way up to become a chief officer, and...
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