Latest Statement from DeWine

[octoberlib]

Link to tweet

Statement from DeWine and LaRose

[RandySF]

1. NO

They asked a judge to postpone it and the request was denied.

[octoberlib]

3. He just issued that statement. I take it he can't legally call off a primary.

[William769]

2. NO!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287671838

[octoberlib]

6. Thanks!

[FarPoint]

4. Request denied....

I sure hope the Poll workers get that text telling them the vote is on!

[irisblue]

5. Ohio Primary is ON. Thank you poll workers

Franklin Co. Boe (@FranklinCoBOE) Tweeted:
Please see this important announcement regarding tomorrow’s election. The Franklin County Board of Elections has worked tirelessly to keep voters and poll workers informed about voting and the rapidly changing public health situation, and we apologize for the confusion. https://t.co/nPp0vM1upd

Link to tweet

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[octoberlib]

8. Thanks!

[former9thward]

15. Yes, poll workers who will be exposed to who knows what.

Are you one of them?

[LisaL]

18. Rest easy. No election in OH tomorrow.

Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton will order polls closed as part of a health emergency, Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday night, effectively canceling in-person voting for Tuesday’s primary election.
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/state-news/dewine-postpones-in-person-voting-for-primary-until-june-2/

[LovingA2andMI]

7. It Appears....

n/t

[LisaL]

9. no, it doesn't.

Election is not cancelled.

[LovingA2andMI]

45. Reaction replies without reading are never the best replies...

Try again.

[we can do it]

10. NO it's on.....VOTE

[SunsetDreams2]

11. It seems some people

Sure are working overtime to spread misinformation.
(Not the OP)

[Mr.Bill]

12. He says people's health and safety is more important than elections.

He needs to understand that hundreds of thousands of people gave their lives so we can have elections.

[former9thward]

16. So you want more to give their lives.

Ok, got it...

[Mr.Bill]

27. That's not what I said.

Don't put words in my mouth.

Elections can be held by mail. We all see what this guy's motive is.

[Sloumeau]

13. This is such garbage.

No one is required to endanger their health. If I had a regular influenza bug on voting day, and I had not arranged for an absentee ballot or to vote by mail, I simply could choose not to vote. That has always been my right. Everyone has the right to choose not to vote if they think that it will make them sick. This line is nonsense:

"They mustn't be forced to choose between their health and exercising their constitutional rights"

Does anyone normally ever freak out because some people choose not to vote because they are sick? For some reason, Dewine does not want this primary to occur tomorrow, and I believe that it has little to do with coronavirus. This situation smells to high heaven.

[LisaL]

14. Primary will go on.

It's not cancelled.

[LisaL]

17. And now it will not happen.

"Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton will order polls closed as part of a health emergency, Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday night, effectively canceling in-person voting for Tuesday’s primary election."
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/state-news/dewine-postpones-in-person-voting-for-primary-until-june-2/

[boston bean]

21. Are you reading your own link?

[LisaL]

22. Read what I posted.

Judge denied the request by DeWine to cancel the primary tomorrow.
Which is why I believed election was not cancelled (first post).
But DeWine is going to ignore the court and the election will be cancelled (second post with link).

[New Breed Leader]

19. Yes its canceled.

They're defying the judge's order.

[LisaL]

20. Yep, I just saw the news.

[Scurrilous]

24. Maybe the judge will undefy it.

Undefy.

[tarheelsunc]

23. This fucker is trying to suppress the elderly vote.

These assholes don't give a shit about people's health, they just see an opportunity to try to disrupt our primary. This misinformation campaign is nothing short of criminal.

[dware]

28. Or they're genuinely concerned about the health of the citizens of Ohio.

The CDC has recommended no more that a gathering of 50 people, the primary would have much, much more than that, and that's a possible recipe for the spread of the virus.

[LisaL]

31. How are supermarkets staying open then?

There are lines, and way more than 50 people in there.
So they should be shut down using that logic. And then we all starve to death.
Everybody being dead will stop virus from spreading.

[dware]

34. Because the supermarkets are a vital necessity,

whereas the primary can be postponed for a few weeks to ensure the health of citizens.

Rest easy, Joe Biden is still going to win the nomination and then annihilate the Mango Menace in Nov.

[LisaL]

36. I am sure election was going to be much safer than the supermarkets.

Just reading how they were preparing, and considering safety of the voters. There were not even wipes to wipe the carts (like they normally have) when I went to the supermarket over the weekend.

[dware]

39. I usually don't do deliveries to supermarkets,

but in the past week, all I've been hauling is WalMart trailers, to various Walmarts in the South Western US, from what I've seen and been told, WalMart can't keep up with the panic buying going on in their stores.

It's gotten really crazy out there.

[octoberlib]

41. A Republican is fighting it.

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From a Republican Ohio House of Representatives member, reacting to the DeWine administration's decision to close polling places tomorrow for health reasons

We have a constitutional crisis now in Ohio. I will be fighting in the AM to keep our polling locations OPEN in the 83rd district with law enforcement, as the Ohio Department of Health can not shut down an election. #ConstitutionalCrisis

[Celerity]

25. "Considered legitimate"? This is voter-suppression through fear-mongering.

Link to tweet

[elleng]

38. I think so.

[DonaldsRump]

26. Let's call it the "Trump Virus"...give credit where it's due. n/t

[marybourg]

29. Someone will be getting a judge

out of bed tonight.

[GitRDun]

30. I agree the primaries should be called off for now

There just is not enough testing.

We have no idea the extent to which this virus has spread.

The primary is technically over any way due to Biden's lead in both delegate count and the polls.

I just think of those sweet older folks sitting there helping people as poll workers.

I'd hate to see a single one get sick because we don't have the patience to see Biden wipe the floor with Bernie again.

June is just fine by me....

[dware]

32. +100. nt

[ucrdem]

35. Possibly but the issue is whether we continue as a democracy or become something else.

It happened in Chile in 1970 and it can happen here.

Also it's not just Biden and Bernie. There are several Congressional primaries on tomorrows ballot and those races also need to be decided if we're going to have a Congress next year.

[comradebillyboy]

47. Lincoln didn't call off elections during the Civil War.

Don't call off elections now. It's not a good president to set.

[ucrdem]

33. This is where we go off the rails.

Hopefully this will be a brief and shameful episode. But I fear the more we win the worse it will get.

[elleng]

37. ;-(

[thucythucy]

40. This does not bode well for November.

What's to stop KGoP governors across the country from declaring a health emergency requiring them to close polling places?

What if they identify "hot zones" as being in predominantly blue districts, and close those while leaving red districts open?

This is the most worrisome news I've seen since Mango Mussolini was declared the winner of the Electoral College.

We are in deep and uncharted waters.

Edited to add: I have the same feeling in my gut, seeing this news, that I had when I heard that the Supreme Court had stopped the Florida recount in 2000.

God damn the Electoral College.

[Kathy M]

42. Keep in mind the two people that originally brought lawsuits are both over 65

" That lawsuit was filed Monday evening by Judy Brockman and Jill Reardon. Both are over the age of 65 and considered ‘vulnerable’ to the risks posed by COVID-19 coronavirus.

In an affidavit filed with the lawsuit, Reardon says she was recently treated for pancreatic cancer and suffers from a severe immune deficiency. She says if the primary election is held on March 17, she will have to forego her right to vote instead of potentially expose herself to COVID-19. "

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/state-news/dewine-postpones-in-person-voting-for-primary-until-june-2/

I do not think politics played in this action . Can we try to keep politics out of some things for the time being ?

We just found out in our town their was a gentleman that visited gym then went home and found out later tested positive

[LisaL]

43. They lost the lawsuit.

But election is cancelled anyway.

[Kathy M]

46. The reason I posted about the lawsuit is because I decided last week

I was not going to go vote . As long as we have later date will be able to . Yes our state is pretty much closed down

have good evening

[VMA131Marine]

44. It's crazy to think there could be a fair primary given the current situation

I live in CT. All bars and restaurants are closed except for takeout service, schools are closed indefinitely, we’ve been told by the governor to work from home if we can and not travel unless it’s necessary. If the Ohio primary is held, it will a/ suppress turnout and b/ put the people who participate needlessly at risk. The obvious solution for the remaining primaries would be to do them by mail-in ballot but is there enough time to arrange that?