BREAKING: Biden is projected to win Florida, the biggest prize in Tuesday's elections
Trump reaches delegates to become the presumptive Republican nomineeBy winning the Florida and Illinois Republican primaries Tuesday night, President Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican party presidential nominee.“The Republican Party is more unified and energized than ever before and it’s because of President Trump’s leadership and clear record of accomplishment on behalf of all Americans,” Brad Parscale, Trump’s 2020 campaign manager said in a statement.
There are 155 delegates at stake in Illinois, the second-largest delegate haul of the three states in play on Tuesday. Biden’s win came as no surprise, after leading an average of statewide polling through Tuesday with 64% to 25% for Sanders, according to the tracking site FiveThirtyEight.com. Jim Allen, spokesman for the Chicago Board of Election, told reporters the board asked the state last week to either delay the primary or move to a mail-in only race, multiple media outlets reported. The governor's office has disputed this"as a lie."
Democrats sued Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, arguing he does not have the legal authority to reschedule a make-up election absent action from state lawmakers. Instead of setting a new election unilaterally, the suit seeks an extension of absentee balloting until late April. But Democratic officials have urged states that have yet to hold their primaries to avoid changing dates. Ohio is one of several states, along with Louisiana, Kentucky and Maryland, that have postponed voting because of the virus.
This is a lie. And frankly, given what we are dealing with in this moment, I’m disgusted that Jim Allen would lie like this. We offered them the national guard, young volunteers and assistance with keeping polling places clean. Statement coming in a few minutes from our office. https://t.co/2oqLvJ8mlwIn another tweet, she added: “The Governor has been trying to balance continuity of government, not disenfranchising people who already voted, avoiding a legal crisis & keeping everyone safe.
DNC chairman Tom Perez said in a statement that states should instead “use a variety of other critical mechanisms that will make voting easier and safer for voters and election officials alike,” instead “of moving primaries to later in the cycle when timing around the virus remains unpredictable.” “What happened in Ohio last night has only bred more chaos and confusion, and the Democratic Party leadership in Ohio is working tirelessly to protect the right to vote,” Perez said in a statement. “Eligible voters deserve certainty, safety, and accessibility.”
Secretary of State Laurel Lee said one precinct in Broward County opened late but was"up and running," The Tallahassee Democrat reported, and there were"isolated precincts in Palm Beach County that have had some challenges."Lee said voters who did not want to go to polling sites over health concerns could pick up vote-by-mail ballots and turn them in by 7 p.m. EDT.
“We’ve had enormous turnout by mail,” he said. “Turnout has been very low today, but overall, voting is more than 2016.” The county invited voters to visit one of four election offices, or to mail in ballots. But McClenaghan said elderly voters have been asking where to vote as they discovered closed polling places and were suspicious of having mail-in ballots delivered by strangers.
Some voters found closed doors when they arrived at their voting sites, The Palm Beach Post reported. Some locations opened late but others remained closed, prompting officials to allow voters pick up vote-by-mail ballots at any of the county’s election offices. Former Vice President Joe Biden is heavily favored to defeat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Florida’s Democratic presidential primary. But turnout is a major wild card, particularly with the possibility it could disproportionately dissuade senior voters from the polls. Biden performs better among old voters while young voters overwhelmingly back Sanders.
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