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Editorâs note:
Faces of 2020 is a short series about local people who represent those who played significant roles in this unusual year.
TUPELO ⢠Ted Clem took his duties as a Lee County poll watcher for the Democratic Party seriously; he also took the threat of COVID-19 seriously.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Clem donned both a medical grade face mask and a plastic face shield and spent the day â 12 hours in total â at the Tupelo 3 precinct, located at Lawndale Presbyterian Church near the Lee Acres and Audubon neighborhoods.
On Wednesday night and again on Thursday night, Clem wore a mask and sat in a room at the Lee County Circuit Clerkâs office, watching as the local resolution board sifted through thousands of absentee ballots, verifying them for validity.