Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumDoes Ohio have early voting for the primary? When did it start?
It appears that the governor of Ohio has closed the polls for election day, instead of postponing the election which would make the most sense. Is he trying to screw Biden.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
showblue22
(1,026 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LizBeth
(10,823 posts)postponed. Like a month or two down the way would be any better. This Tuesday primary would have completely and totally ended the primary. Sanders knew this. After Sanders and his supporters were out there saying this we now have the Republican Gov going against the judges order to shut down the election. This is not good.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
msongs
(70,178 posts)it with quite a bit of notice.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pampango
(24,692 posts)on the advice of medical professionals (schools, restaurants, etc. are closed), why should we put the health of poll workers and voters at risk for politics?
If Sanders were the front runner, I would feel the same way. I think he should suspend his campaign anyway. The Democratic voters have spoken, the last debate is done, it is time. We need to come together and fighting over whether to hold more primary elections is a symptom of our disunity.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LisaL
(46,608 posts)There other people on the ballot for various local positions. What do you propose to do with them?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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LisaL
(46,608 posts)DeWine can't legally cancel the primary or delay the primary. This was therefore not done legally as far as I can tell. So what would be the mechanism for changing the date?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
onenote
(44,655 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LisaL
(46,608 posts)What orders did Supreme Court upheld? Supreme court denied a legal challenge by a local candidate. So they didn't upheld anything.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LizBeth
(10,823 posts)there won't be one in the future
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Maeve
(42,967 posts)But there is no easy mechanism for this---the legislature should have been the one to make the decision, but they are not in session. The courts were the first attempt, but a judge said it was bad precedent. Then they used the Dept of Health to over-ride the matter. It is still the plan to have the primary, just later.
It's a cluster, I agree---I'm a poll worker and have been whip-sawed around all evening and now I can't sleep. I got the word that I would be working at 9 pm and that I would NOT be working at 11 pm and I would have been getting up at 5:30 am.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indykatie
(3,853 posts)They couldn't have seen CV-19 coming but there are other ways to screw us like closing 100s of polling sites and making changes to assigned polling places at the 11th hours.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LisaL
(46,608 posts)But only one voting place per county, regardless of how big or small the county is.
So I was going to vote in my election place expecting no lines and fewer people than in one early voting location.
This virus was spreading for a while, and DeWine knew full well election was coming. Yet he didn't do anything until the day right before the election.
I have no idea what is going to happen now.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden