cms locked down all the nursing homes. we had tens of thousands of older folks that were going to be disenfranchised unless we came up with a creative way to administer the law fairly and accurately. there was a provision for certain nursing homes that special voting deputies are supposed to two times, and if they can't make it to the voter, then the local clerks could send absentee ballots. well, these folks couldn't get there. it was impossible per the rules. there was no way anybody could make anybody go into the nursing homes. it would have spread the steez. we all knew that nursing home folks were at highest risk of dying and getting ill. in a 6-0 vote we decided that the best thing to do was to issue guidance to allow all the local clerks 1,850 municipal