Ohio Officials Spar Over Whether To Postpone Its Primary Due To Coronavirus

NEW: A state judge has rejected a plan from Ohio officials to delay the state's primary from March 17 to June 2 because of coronavirus concerns. The judge called it a 'terrible precedent.'

will seek a remedy through the courts to extend voting options so that every voter who wants to vote will be granted that opportunity."[T]o conduct an election tomorrow would force poll workers and voters to place themselves at an unacceptable health risk of contracting coronavirus," DeWine said on Twitter.

With hours to go before poll workers will begin opening voting sites, it's not clear whether the Ohio election will go forward. "People should not have to choose between their rights and their health," said DeWine earlier in the day.

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