Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumMaryland postpones April 28 primary election over coronavirus
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he was postponing the state's primaries, originally scheduled for late April, to June 2 as the country grapples with the spread of the coronavirus.
Maryland is now the fifth state to move its primaries, joining Louisiana, Georgia, Kentucky and Ohio, which saw its primary originally scheduled for today pushed until June after an eleventh-hour legal battle.
It would endanger public health to allow thousands of people to assemble
and it would put Marylanders at risk, Hogan said Tuesday at a press conference.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/maryland-postpones-april-28-primary-election-over-coronavirus/ar-BB11jv6N
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Right now people are guessing this will peak on May 1st. If that's the case, ain't no way they're handling a primary a month after that.
The Democratic nominee is going to have to be selected without a majority casting their votes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Orangepeel
(13,969 posts)they'll end up doing a mail in vote for the June 2 primary as well.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)It sounds crazy.
But if I would have told you in January we'd be talking about postponing primaries, you'd think that was crazy too.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazylikafox
(2,824 posts)Im in affected district. If they dont get the word out to Baltimore City Im afraid the republicans in the suburbs will capture this Blue seat for themselves.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/3-charts-that-changed-coronavirus-policy-in-the-uk-and-us/
Jesus, 2.2 million deaths in the US alone if we had done nothing. Thank God Trump and the CDC sprang into action about 2 months ago when the first case was announced.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Plus, you need people to count the ballots. If there's still a quarantine, I doubt there'd be anyone to count the ballots, especially if those ballots could theoretically be contaminated with this thing.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)One postpones it at the very last second and another postpones it when it's still 6 weeks away and by the time they get around to it things could even be worse.
Gotta love these Gopper Governors, boy. No happy medium with these guys.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mr.Bill
(24,800 posts)getting mail-in ballots out to everyone?
I don't want to sound like a conspiracy person, but this is starting to look like a dry run for republican governors tampering with November 3rd.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Something IS starting to smell a little fishy here, ain't it?
Trump: "I'm running against an illegitimate candidate who didn't even have the required amount of delegates. Plus Republican Governors care about their people and Democratic ones don't! Plus look at how well the stock market is doing...it's only down 25% from when Obama gave it to me...woulda been down 50% if I hadn't won!"
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
I worry trump will cancel the November election. If he doesnt, my second fear they will do mail in ballots (which I dont trust) and it will be fixed for him to win.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Macima
(13 posts)And then in September?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden