covid-19 updates
The big question that comes with the ever-spreading coronavirus, is how is the virus going to affect how the 2020 election plays out. While Super Tuesday was unaffected, any of the primaries that have occurred later in the year have done different things in response to the pandemic. 15 states and 2 territories, including Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Wyoming, and Guam and Puerto Rico, have decided
to either postpone their elections to a later date in hopes of having less cases, or switching their election methods to completely mail- in, extending the deadlines to make it easier on voters. Wisconsin decided to go ahead with its election on April 7th, having the option to use a mail-in ballot, but also allowing people to vote in-person. New York even tried to cancel its election, as it was a state with the largest case load at the time. Federal judges, however, ordered that the election was to be held in June. Another big question is if the official presidential election day will be changed. The simple answer is no, as the Constitution states that a new President is required to be sworn in on January 20 of the next year. On May 8, 2020 California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-64-20 which, among other things, orders the General Election of California on November 3, 2020 to be conducted as an all-ballot election.