The coronavirus pandemic has impacted schools more ways than one. 

Potential state funding cuts loom on the horizon, virtual graduations, distance learning and now an envelope shortage all threaten school budget votes that were pushed back to June 9, which is next Tuesday. 

The only way to vote is absentee and schools must have the ballot in hand on June 9. This means people need to mail in their ballots no later than this Saturday.

With the state still recovering from the coronavirus and now protests over the murder of George Floyd enveloping cities, Assemblyman Chris Tague wrote a letter to the Governor asking that ballots postmarked Tuesday, still be counted. 

“This is a simple solution to a problem that has the potential to derail a very important election during a time already filled with uncertainty,” Tague said. “Our democratic process relies upon everybody eligible to vote being able to do so, and it would give people a much greater window of time to receive and send out their envelopes if they don’t need to worry about the ballot making it through the already-strained postal system in time.​