“Florida’s election officials were tasked with conducting a major election, under more scrutiny than ever, in the midst of a pandemic,” League of Women Voters President Patricia Brigham wrote on Monday to Secretary of State Laurel Lee and leaders of the Florida Supervisors of Elections association. “COVID-19 prompted a need for increased safety protocols, more funding for elections, an enhanced call for younger poll workers and the processing and counting of an extraordinary number of vote-by-mail ballots.”