Should I mail my vote or show up in person?

[Tanuki]

17. I am still on the fence. I was planning to vote by mail, but with the

ongoing GOP sabotage of the USPS I am reconsidering. Here in Tennessee, we are not allowed to drop off absentee/mail-in ballots in person. On the other hand, the memory is fresh for me of having had a severe tornado rip through my county in the wee hours of the morning of Super Tuesday (March 3) this year, with numerous polling places suddenly shut down due to building damage, power failure, blockage of access roads by fallen trees, etc. I was mighty glad I had voted early! I am leaning toward voting in person at the
earliest opportunity, which locally will be October 14. I went online and ordered a clear plastic face shield to add to my mask and gloves ensemble and will bring my own ballpoint pen for signing in and my own hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes. But even so, I keep thinking about the possibility that I could be sick, or that my area could be in the midst of a surge at that time, and those thoughts make me lean back towards mail-in. I hate this ambivalence about something I have always looked forward to. And I mean ambivalence only about the logistics. Wild horses, tornados, and pandemics will not keep me from helping Biden-Harris to rescue our country. One way or another I will put my shoulder to the wheel