In three other states with elections Tuesday, poll workers continued to cancel plans to show up, more voting locations were closed and officials worried that many voters would stay home.
. Despite Biden’s victories in recent primaries, Sanders has shown no sign that he will concede soon, and the havoc created by the pandemic could slow Biden’s newfound momentum.
In Arizona, the Maricopa County Elections Department closed 78 polling locations, citing widespread shortages of cleaning supplies. Now, rather than being limited to their local precinct, voters may cast ballots at any of 151 geographically dispersed polling centers.
Corley said voters can ask someone to pick up a mail-in ballot for them at the office of the supervisor of elections and then have it returned it to the office by 7 p.m., when polls close. In Florida, voters can designate someone to pick up their ballot with a written affidavit. One of the women, Jill Reardon, said she has battled two forms of cancer and suffers from “severe immune deficiency.”
“We’re answering the phones and assuring the voters that, yes, they heard it correctly — the election isn’t going to be held tomorrow,” he said. Louisiana and Georgia announced over the weekend their plans to delay primaries. On Monday, Kentucky Secretary of State Michael G. Adams recommended that Gov. Andy Beshear move the presidential primaries scheduled for May 19 to June 23.
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