I've been wondering the same thing, Chad! The fact that things are running so smoothly today has to be due at least in part to the massive early voting we've seen -- turns out, when fewer people vote on Election Day, lines are shorter! I do have a feeling that the convenience of being able to vote early -- whether it's in-person or by mail -- may outweigh the thrill of voting in person on Election Day for many people going forward.
And for some people, it could make voting possible in a way that it literally wasn't before -- a not-insignificant share of respondents in our recent survey with Ipsos said they couldn't vote in a recent election because they couldn't get off work, for example. But I am curious to hear from folks like Maya, who has been tracking the rules and how difficult or easy it would be to just carry over some of the COVID-19 precautions into normal election administration. Does that mostly rely on Democrats being in control in statehouses, since they've been much more likely to make changes that ease the voting process?