In today’s WBFO Brief, Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt reports on criticism of some new rules that change current absentee ballot procedures in New York State - and she looks at the prospect of same-day voting in future years. Also, Cheektowaga police talk about taking care of each other after the sudden death of Chief Michael Sliwinski, and there’s a chance that if COVID-19 cases rise, Erie County would reconsider restrictions on large scale events- like Buffalo Bills games at Highmark Stadium. And hear about veterans’ struggles to get toxic exposures to things like burn pits recognized as a service-related injury.