The Ohio [Republican] Legislature scheduled primary day on March 17th, specifically to aid Trump. In July 2019, it was moved to after March 15th, so that, the Republican primary winner would receive all the delegates awarded. Democrats complained that a St. Patrick's Day election would interfere with parade festivities, Cleveland's parade has hundreds of thousands of spectators.
DeWine (a seemingly mousy demeanored individual, who has always been a scurrilous campaigner, and rabid partisan) took unprecedented steps in the hours before the election. There is no law allowing him to do so. He, and his equally rabid Secretary of State (Frank LaRose), went to court. The judge following the law, and not wanting to create some new extra-legal precedent, ruled on behalf of Democracy and over ruled DeWeasel. DeWeasel got a health order to get his way. Republicans are relentless. It is possible DeWeasel is being responsible, but Republicans are Republicans first. A supposed interest in public health is very new. Not one Republican voted for Medicare, or the Affordable Care Act, and on many other measures they have been in opposition. Arizona, and the more populous Florida, and Illinois are having elections to-day.
And remember Trump said on February 28th in South Carolina, in the hours before the Democratic primary, that the coronavirus was "a Democratic hoax" just like the "Russian hoax", and the "impeachment hoax". With Ohio as a precedent, other elections can be "postponed". There is an election scheduled in early November. Republicans have been very inventive in making it difficult to vote, and it is always done to benefit Republicans.
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POSTSCRIPTUM: REMEMBER, both Trump and McConnell are opportunistic, vengeful, greedy liars; and show me the Republicans willing to cross them? Only Republicans who have left the cult can be given the benefit of the doubt.
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