“Vote as early as possible,” said Pérez. “If you’re going to vote by mail, then vote early by mail. If you’re going to vote in person, vote early. If your state doesn’t allow early in-person voting, then go first thing in the morning before it gets crowded.” Editor's Note: We will be updating this piece as more celebrities to continue to speak out.Stay up-to-date on the 2020 election.Sign up for the Teen Vogue Take!Related:The President Is Out For Blood they would rather wait for after the election to hold confirmation hearings; Lagoa was confirmed for her current role80-15 by the Senatejust last year. Significantly,she’s also Technical defects, like an unmarked box or a difficult-to-read signature, may also cause a delay in ballot processing. “We don’t want people disenfranchised just because they didn’t understand some instruction,” said Pérez. But ensuring everyone’s ballot is counted can mean engaging in the lengthy work of reaching out to those voters to give them the opportunity to do what experts call “curing” defects in their ballots. States may also need to conduct risk-limiting audits, or other post-election audits, to ensure the procedures and equipment used to count votes worked properly and the outcome of the election was accurate.Has Anything Like This Ever Happened Before?