Virus deaths hit new high in Texas as governor urges masks

Signs in the Texas Panhandle urged voters to wear masks. Polling precincts were already staffed thin because some election workers backed out of the state's primary runoffs, cautious about the coronavirus that socked the rural meatpacking region in May. "It's kind of along the same lines you see in other parts of Texas — there is a faction they're not going to wear a mask unless absolutely required," said Melynn Huntley, Potter County's elections administrator.

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