Certainly, a vote-by-mail system would have allowed Ohio not to have cancelled their primary election this week due to the coronavirus.
It also provides a paper backup for all elections and is a counter to any hacking of election results. See a previous DZTV: Election Security to see what one proactive county here in Washington has done to counter the cyberthreat to elections.
It is an example of how paper still has a function in a digital world.
