Give ALL Rhode Islanders mail in ballots for elections in 2020

We are currently living through a global pandemic. The CDC recommends avoiding large gatherings and staying physically distanced from each other. These social distancing guidelines would be undermined if voters gather in crowds at polling locations to vote. As of the time that I am writing this petition(4/14/20), Rhode Island currently has 2,976 total confirmed cases of covid-19 and 73 confirmed deaths. These numbers have been retrieved from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/. Our social distancing efforts would be undermined by holding elections as normal and forcing people into groups in confined spaces such as polling locations. In addition the votes that would be collected if the voting was held as normal would be significantly depressed as many polling workers/ volunteers and voters would opt to stay at home versus risking their lives or the lives of their loved ones to have a say in the democratic process. This is unacceptable when we have an alternative solution that will allow Rhode Islanders to vote while allowing them to stay safe at home.