2020 Primary Cancellations: New York Delays Primary Until June 23

Several states with primaries originally scheduled in April are continuing to make changes and postpone their voting days due to ongoing CDC guidelines concerning the Coronavirus outbreak. We reported days ago on the number of states changing their dates, but here is an updated list which now includes the state of New York pushing its primary back to June 23.

It had also been reported that Sen. Bernie Sanders said he was prepared to at least stay in the race until the New York primary on April 23 and was expecting a twelfth possible debate to be scheduled. There is no word yet on whether New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to postpone the Empire State primary until June will cause a change in Sanders’ campaign status.

Here’s an updated list of canceled or delayed primaries including changes to Alaska, Hawaii, New York, and Ohio, since our previous updated last week:

Alaska Primary
Scheduled Date: April 4
Status: The Alaska Democratic Party has decided to cancel in-person voting and conduct voting entirely by mail only. Ballots must be received by April 10 to participate in the primary.
More Information: Alaska Democratic Party

Connecticut Primary
Original Date: April 28
Rescheduled Date: June 2
More Information: Connecticut Secretary of State

Georgia Primary
Original Date: March 24
Rescheduled Date: May 19
More Information: Georgia Secretary of State

Hawaii Primary
Scheduled Date: April 4
Status: Hawaii has decided to switch to mail-only voting with no in-person voting on April 4.
More Information: Hawaii Office of Elections or HawaiiDemocrats.org

Indiana Primary
Original Date: May 5
Rescheduled Date: June 2
More Information: Indiana Secretary of State

Kentucky Primary
Original Date: May 19
Rescheduled Date: June 23
More Information: Kentucky State Board of Elections

Louisiana Primary
Original Date: April 4
Rescheduled Date: June 20
More Information: Louisiana Secretary of State

Maryland Primary
Original Date: April 28
Rescheduled Date: June 2
More Information: Maryland State Board of Elections

New York Primary
Original Date: April 28
Rescheduled Date: June 23
More Information: New York State Board of Elections

Ohio Primary
Original Date: March 17
Rescheduled Date: April 28 vote-by-mail. Requests for a ballot must be received by April 25 from your local board of elections or making the request online from VoteOhio.gov. Ballots must be postmarked and returned by April 28 in most circumstances.
More Information: Ohio Secretary of State

Puerto Rico Primary
Original Date: March 29
Rescheduled Date: April 26 at the earliest but an exact date has not yet been set
More Information: Puerto Rico State Election Commission

Wyoming Caucus
Original Date: April 4
Rescheduled Date: In-person caucusing is canceled but Democratic voters may pick up a paper ballot and drop it off on either March 28 or April 4.
More Information: Wyoming Democratic Party