State Board of Elections Cancels New York Presidential Primary

[Right_in_Virginia]

State Board of Elections Cancels New York Presidential Primary
NY 1, Apr 27, 2020

New York’s June 23 presidential primary has been canceled, the state’s Democratic Board of Elections commissioners announced Monday.

Bernie Sanders has been removed from the ballot and Joe Biden has “effectively" won the New York primary, the board said.
Sanders suspended his campaign for president on April 8 and soon after threw his support to Biden.

“That has effectively ended the real contest for the presidential nomination,” State Board of Elections co-chair Douglas Kellner said in a virtual meeting. “What the Sanders supporters want is essentially a beauty contest.”

Sanders has made clear he wanted to stay on the ballots for upcoming state primaries in an effort to influence Biden and the Democratic Party platform at the national nominating convention.

Sanders' campaign reaffirmed his desire to remain on the New York ballot in a letter Sunday night to the Board of Elections.

Several congressional and legislative primaries still are set for June 23.


https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/04/27/board-of-elections-cancels-democratic-new-york-presidential-primary-

[Right_in_Virginia]

The GOP cancelled their NY primary back in March

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/03/new-york-cancels-republican-presidential-primary-1264971

[Cyber Liberty]

The GOP cancelled their NY primary back in March

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/03/new-york-cancels-republican-presidential-primary-1264971

We cancelled ours in AZ because only one candidate qualified.  Here, the Presidential Preference Poll is closed to everybody but Republicans, and is the only election on that ballot.  The State Primaries are in August.

A wag would note the Party that's accusing the President of wanting to cancel a General Election is the Party that actually cancelled an Election.