UPDATE: It’s off! (See here.)
As of 11:25pm, the election is OFF. Here’s Ed Driscoll at Instapundit:
NOW WHAT? Judge Denies Ohio Gov’s Request to Delay Primary, But Poll Workers Say They Won’t Be Ready.
UPDATE: “Minutes ago Gov. Mike DeWine defied a judge’s earlier ruling that the primary must go on tomorrow. He announced on Twitter that his director of Public Health, Amy Acton, will order the polls closed tomorrow due to a ‘health emergency.'”
Is that it? Ohio Christian Alliance reported earlier this evening:
With the unprecedented measures that have been implemented by federal and state government agencies, tomorrow's election has been postponed. More information will be available on the Secretary of State's website and from the Governor's office.As of 10 pm Monday night, I have not been able to confirm that report via the Board of Elections or the Secretary of State website.
Ohio Value Voters reported that the March 17 election is ON as scheduled.
Is it on or off? ON (if pollworkers show up)? This latest from Paula Bolyard at PJ Media who reports that the election is proceeding as scheduled on March 17:
CHAOS: Judge Denies
Ohio Gov's Request to Delay Primary—
AFTER Poll Workers
Told Not to Set Up Polling Locations
Update 9:45 p.m.: Ohio House
Speaker Larry Householder, a Republican, sent out a memo to members asking them
to inform their constituents that the election will go on as planned Tuesday.
"To my knowledge, the court is closed until 8:30 AM tomorrow and polls
open prior to that," he wrote. "You should instruct your constituents
that the Election is scheduled to occur March 17 as set by Ohio Law."
Here's more about what we know about Ohio's primary elections, scheduled for today, March 17 (reprinted from this blog, published yesterday):
Headline from cleveland.com:
Judge denies request to delay Ohio primary election until June over coronavirus
People who want the election postponed may appeal. It’s still being decided whether an appeal is possible.
According to my conversation with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, none of this confusion has been clarified; the BoE spokesperson recommended checking the website for the Ohio Secretary of State for any updates; click here.
Yesterday's blog with more details of all this confusion is here.
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