St Patrick's Day (Mar 17) Election Results Thread

[cinyc]

Even though Bernie may not drop out (I suspect he will) we should treat these contests as the last significant ones for a while since everyone is pushing their contests back. For all purposes, it may as well be the technical end to primary thanks to the virus.

Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii will probably go on. The first has already become essentially an all-mail primary and the other two appear ready to do the same.

It would be very difficult for Alaska to hold an all-mail primary, which is why the state hasn't done it yet, even though the City of Anchorage has. Mail service is very unreliable in the Bush. Some people probably don't even have P.O. Boxes. The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting the census in rural Alaska the old-fashioned way - with enumerators on the ground.

[cinyc]

The primaries should all be delayed. We can't have groups of 50+ people waiting in line for hours close together, especially people that are likely to be disproportionally elderly based on what's been happening in he primary so far. This is a public health emergency.

Groups of 50+ people don't need to be waiting in line for hours close together if election officials competently run the election. Social distancing spacing can be maintained.

This decision is best left to the states.

[cinyc]

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