Some Florida polling places couldn't open as poll workers didn't arrive because of fears over the potentially deadly virus
The Democratic presidential primary is consumed with uncertainty after leaders in Ohio called off Tuesday's election just hours before polls were set to open, citing the need to combat the new coronavirus. Officials in Florida, Arizona and Illinois said they would move forward with the vote — but by early Tuesday morning, the virus was hurting people's efforts to get to the polls.
Yarbrough said shortly after the polls opened, however, that she had heard of no problems at the county's polling sites and expected "things to go well" on Tuesday.Not since New York City postponed its mayoral primary on the day of the Sept. 11 2001, attacks has an election been pushed off in such a high-profile, far-reaching way. Ohio Gov.
Campaigns spent Monday sifting through data and talking to contacts on the ground to assess the impact of the coronavirus on turnout in places that will hold elections Tuesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden is moving closer to securing the Democratic presidential nomination but could face a setback if the older voters who tend to support him don't show up. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, can't afford to lose support from young voters who have been his most loyal supporters.
"I don't have to tell anybody that we are living in a very unprecedented and strange moment in the history of our country," Sanders said, urging supporters that it may be time to "rethink our value system, rethink many of the systems we operate under." Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, one of Biden's campaign co-chairs, said the former vice president has "started the process of looking at people seriously."
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