The state party will be mailing out a “third round” of ballots and is encouraging voters to register before April 4, with the deadline for returning ballots May 22. Hawaii Democrats announced they were canceling in-person voting for the presidential primary in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Oregon conducts its elections almost entirely by mail. Nebraska opened polling places with extra safety measures, and many voters cast ballots early. May 2: Kansas (voted by mail)ĭemocrats in Kansas voted entirely by mail using a ranked-choice system. Only those voters who are disabled or who do not have a permanent address were encouraged to vote in person by appearing at their local elections boards. Ballots postmarked by April 27 were counted. Mike DeWine had initially proposed a June 2 primary as a substitute, the Ohio legislature moved the official date to April 28.
The governor and top state health officials had ordered the polls closed on the original Primary Day, March 17, citing an unacceptable health risk posed by crowded voting locations. Ohio moved its presidential primary election to late April and conducted it almost entirely by mail. It also extended the deadline for the party to receive ballots by more than two weeks, to April 10 from March 24. The Alaska Democratic Party canceled in-person voting in its presidential primary, originally scheduled for April 4, and mounted an effort to expand voting by mail. Supreme Court’s conservative-leaning majority ruled against extending the deadline for absentee voting by six days, saying such a change “fundamentally alters the nature of the election.” The court’s liberals dissented, with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writing that “the court’s order, I fear, will result in massive disenfranchisement.” Final tallies showed that thousands of Wisconsinites lost their chance to vote. But Republican leaders succeeded in getting the state’s top court to stay the decree. Tony Evers of Wisconsin, a Democrat, had issued an executive order postponing in-person voting and extending to June the deadline for absentee ballots. Sanders, who had dropped out of the race before the results were announced.) (The election was also the last competitive contest of the Democratic presidential primary, with Mr. Democrats feared that their voters would be most affected, yet they got the result they wanted: A liberal challenger scored a shocking upset in a State Supreme Court race, unseating a Trump-backed incumbent.
Wisconsin Democrats wanted to extend absentee voting and even postpone the election altogether, but Republicans successfully blocked both in court. Long lines, health jitters, flaring tempers and a dose of chaos and confusion marked Wisconsin’s presidential primary and local elections on April 7, as voters were forced to choose between staying safe during a pandemic and exercising their civic duty.
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