Biden Wins Ohio’s Mail-In Primary Delayed by CCP Virus

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Biden Wins Ohio’s Mail-In Primary Delayed by CCP Virus
Epoch Times, Apr 28, 2020, Associated Press



COLUMBUS, Ohio—Joe Biden won Ohio’s presidential primary Tuesday, clinching a contest that was less about the Democratic nomination and more about how states can conduct elections in the era of the CCP.

The primary was the first significant test of statewide elections via mail amid an outbreak caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus. And the results were mixed.

There were reports of confusion but no widespread disruption. It wasn’t like Wisconsin earlier this month when voters were forced to overlook social distancing guidelines to stand in a line wearing masks to cast a ballot.

Still, overall turnout appeared to be off. The secretary of state’s office said that about 1.5 million votes had been cast as of midday Saturday, down sharply from the 3.2 million cast in Ohio’s 2016 presidential primary.

“Within the context of the threat of the virus, it’s a decision that we will have made the best of,” Republican Ken Blackwell, a former Ohio elections chief who chairs the bipartisan International Foundation for Electoral Systems, said of mail-in balloting.

The primary, initially scheduled for March 17, was delayed just hours before polls were supposed to open. Citing a “health emergency,” Republican Gov. Mike DeWine recommended that in-person balloting not be held until June 2. But amid legal challenges, officials moved balloting to this week while converting to a mail-in process since the state remains under a stay-at-home order.

Most Ohioans casting absentee ballots had to run at least three pieces of mail—an application, a blank ballot, and a completed one—through the U.S. Postal Service. Only homeless and disabled people were initially encouraged to cast in-person ballots at county election board offices, though anyone not receiving ballots by mail in time to participate could also turn up in person.


Board of election worker John Carlino opens a ballot at the warehouse where the ballots are counted
for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 28, 2020


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Most Ohioans casting absentee ballots had to run at least three pieces of mail—an application, a blank ballot, and a completed one—through the U.S. Postal Service.

Let this sink in.