There will be no Democratic presidential primary in New York this year
The state's election officials removed every Democrat except former Vice President Joe Biden from the presidential primary ballot on Monday, a move that has the effect of canceling the election. It was scheduled for June 23.The cancellation will likely save the state millions of dollars and make it easier to increase the use of voting by mail in local elections in the coming months. But it also will anger supporters of Vermont Sen.
The primary was originally scheduled for April 28 but it was delayed eight weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. After that delay, Five days later, Sanders suspended his campaign. He announced his intentions to continue gathering delegates, but that“I certainly understand why so many people want to continue the presidential primary,” said Kellner, who said he has received “several thousand” emails from Sanders’ backers in recent days.
Kellner and other election officials had framed the decision as a logical one that will make it much easier to administer elections in a year with an unprecedented number of administrative challenges.
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