According to Fadel Allassan in Axios,
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger announced Saturday evening the state’s presidential primaries would be rescheduled from March 24 to May 19 in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Why it matters: Georgia is the second state to postpone primaries over the outbreak as officials scramble to contain the virus, which had infected more than 2,700 Americans by Saturday evening. On Friday, Louisiana moved its Democratic presidential primary from April 4 to June 20, citing concerns over the global pandemic.
While Georgia and Louisiana have postponed the primaries, four other states, Arizona, Florida, Ohio and Illinois say voters can turn out. Each of these states has multiple reported cases of the virus. In an article in Vox, Zeeshan Aleem noted that Secretaries of state from each of those states put out a joint statement on Friday explaining why
Read the full article here for the key points of the statement.
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