As the Covid Pandemic spreads, could the remaining primaries be cancelled completely?

[sunonmars]

I say this with the fact that any sort of gathering such a voting at precincts may in fact end up suspended soon.

The DNC needs a back up plan, move all primaries to mail option only, but this takes time or does it in fact make the primaries end as is and move to a concensus decision as to how the vote has progressed.

The fastest this moves the options become more limited. We may have no options.

What thoughts do we have and what could happen?


The difference between, the 1920 pandemic of Spanish Flu and the 2020 Covid Pandemic is the availability of travel. It took a lot longer in 1920 to transport around the world due to lack of worldwide transport. Disease loves our new open worldwide travel of cars, trains, planes. Everything moves fast and quicker.

We have made life easier but a lot more dangerous too. The world may have to change and adapt. Which is it, ease of life or living itself?

[zaj]

1. No, that should not be considered. There are ways to handle this.

[sunonmars]

2. I'm playing devils advocate here, things will change fast with this.

[zaj]

4. Tempting to speculate, but better to focus on getting good information out to laggards.

Just my view on things.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. That would be up to the individual states and their state party officials.

If they can put a mechanism in place in a short time that would allow some sort of remote voting maybe they could do it. Otherwise I'm not sure what they can or should do. Primary elections are not required except by the parties themselves (they are a relatively new invention).

[Jim__]

5. I certainly hope not. That would give Trump the excuse to cancel the November elections.

I consider Trump far more dangerous than the coronavirus. And, yes, I consider the coronavirus extrmely dangerous.

[Divad123]

7. Blame Obama

Have they blamed Obama yet? Fox is already whipping up a frenzy over, "Democrats gleeful over the Corona virus because it gives them something to blame on Trump." The only 'inoculation' the Trumpeters are working on is the 'cover your ass' vaccine.

[customerserviceguy]

8. You won't have to cancel

the Oregon primary, like Washington, they vote by mail. Perhaps this is something that the rest of the states should consider for 2022.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Sadly poll workers are often older and susceptible to Corona

Some states have a total mail in ballot system. Congress should consider it in case of emergency. Because this is such an event.