Posted on 03/17/2020 6:37:22 AM PDT by knighthawk
Kentucky Gov. Andrew Beshear and Secretary of State Michael G. Adams on Monday postponed the state's primary elections, which originally were scheduled for May 19, to June 23 amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
The state becomes the latest in a rapidly growing number to put off their primaries, throwing into question the rest of the 2020 election calendar -- even as voters in three states head to the polls Tuesday.
"I never would have imagined sitting here discussing this with you, but these are unprecedented times," Adams said in a video posted to Twitter. "And we Kentuckians are having to change the way we do things on all fronts. Kentucky law allows the secretary of state and the governor to jointly act to change the time of an election due to a state of emergency."
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I can see momentum building for online voting, we will never win another election once it happens.
Why is everything a State of Emergency now? Are the officials just too lazy to figure out how to run a safe election? In Texas, with 25 cases state wide, the (Soros) County Judges of Harris County and the Mayor of Houston have gone power mad with this State of Emergency nonsense.
People no longer have the right to get the facts and ascertain the risks for themselves. Now all you can do is go outside, to the grocery store, the drugstore, the gas station and to get take out food. Every damn dictator has used the excuse of NATIONAL EMERGENCY to seize and consolidate power and I am sick of it.
DeWine made such a mess in Ohio I suspect any losing candidate will be in court starting tomorrow.
They went by the book, with plenty of lead time — from may to June I am not sure if any/many of the other states did.
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