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Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine announced on Monday night that he and Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton were rejecting a judge’s ruling and deferring Ohio’s presidential primary on Tuesday due to the coronavirus outbreak.
” During this time when we face an unprecedented public health crisis, to conduct an election tomorrow would force poll workers and voters to place themselves at an unacceptable health peril of contracting coronavirus ,” DeWine wrote on Twitter.” As such, @DrAmyActon will order the polls closed as a health emergency. While the polls will be closed tomorrow, Secretary of State @ FrankLaRose will seek a remedy through the courts to extend voting alternatives so that every voter who wants to vote will be granted that opportunity .”
As such, @DrAmyActon will order the polls closed as a health emergency. While the polls will be closed tomorrow, Secretary of State @FrankLaRose will seek a remedy through the courts to extend voting options so that every voter who wants to vote will be granted that opportunity.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@ GovMikeDeWine) March 17, 2020
DeWine’s announcement came shortly thereafter” Judge Richard A. Frye of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas rebuffed the state’s request to push back voting to June 2 ,” The New York Times reported.” Dan Tierney, a spokesperson for the governor, said Mr. LaRose would seek through the courts to have another date determine for in-person voting in Ohio .”
Acton issued a Director’s Order on Monday night that stated:” To conduct an election at this time would force poll workers and voters to face an unacceptable danger of contracting COVID-1 9. COVID-1 9 is a respiratory disease that can result in serious illness or demise, is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is a new strain of coronavirus that had not been previously identified in humans and can easily spread from person to person .”
Acton then documented the progression of the coronavirus in a practically 2-page long timeline before concluding,” Accordingly, to avoid an imminent menace with a high probability of widespread exposure to COVID-1 9 with a significantly risk of substantial harm to a large number of people in local populations, including the elderly and people with weakened immune systems and chronic medical conditions, I hereby ORDER all polling locations in the State of Ohio closed on March 17, 2020. This Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force until the State of Emergency declared by the Governor no longer exists, or the Director of the Ohio Department of Health cancels or modifies this Order .”
Here is the three-page order signed tonight by @OHdeptofhealth Director @DrAmyActon that closes all polling locations in #Ohio due to the risk of #COVID19 faced by both voters and poll proletarians. #COVID19OhioReady pic.twitter.com/ XRd4zJH 4so
— Governor Mike DeWine (@ GovMikeDeWine) March 17, 2020
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