June 2 has become the "Super Tuesday" of postponed elections, as many states are trying to cope with a deadly pandemic, and now protests.
WASHINGTON – There are multiple presidential primary elections taking place around the country Tuesday as election season chugs forward amid the coronavirus pandemic. Think of it as the "Super Tuesday" of postponed elections.
More: Donald Trump's 2020 campaign app gets a boost with Phunware partnership, one day after Twitter fact-check Some states, like Connecticut and New York, allow primaries to be canceled if there is only one candidate remaining on the ballot. However, New York tried this, and a federal judge in Manhattan ruled the state must hold its primary, which is on June 23.
It's impossible to definitively know whether Sanders could have made a roaring comeback in the states that delayed their contests due to COVID-19, but he was 300 delegates behind Biden when he left the race, and is now more than 500 behind. Biden has 1,566 delegates and needs 1,991 to seal the nomination.
And despite the president's hammering against mail voting, some Republican-leaning states, like Indiana, have encouraged voters to cast their ballots by mail. Will curfews from protests impact Tuesday's primary?The death of George Floyd has sparked demonstrations against police brutality and racial discrimination in cities across the United States.
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