As the U.S. prepares for another wave of the coronavirus, Politico looks at which states responded well to the first wave — and what the rest of the country can learn from their actions. Analysis by Georgia Public Broadcasting and ProPublica sheds light on long lines at voting locations in Georgia: As voter registration has gone up in the state, the number of polling places has dropped. For the New Yorker, Masha Gessen interviews Russian anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny about his recovery after being poisoned and nearly dying. The Washington Post has a story about a man diagnosed with terminal cancer who cast his ballot on the first day of early voting in Michigan, before dying a few days later.

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