"But there are signs of potential trouble given the volume of absentee voting that's expected this year:
A fresh Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruling could impact tens of thousands of ballots in that swing state.
In Florida, voters are twice as likely to have their absentee ballot rejected if they've never voted that way before, University of Florida political science professor Dan Smith told Axios.
In North Carolina, "Black voters’ ballots are being rejected at more than four times the rate of white voters," per FiveThirtyEight. Overall, data shows new, younger, Black and Hispanic voters are more likely to have their ballots rejected.
More than 550k mail-in ballots were rejected during the presidential primaries this year, per an NPR analysis.
Meanwhile, masks, gloves, sanitizer and bleach wipes are more widely available than in the initial months of the pandemic.
Elections officials have had longer to prepare for crowd management than during the primaries. And Americans without underlying health issues and pre-existing conditions have become more accustomed to social distancing and taking measured risks as they navigate public spaces such as grocery stores."