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PoliticAverse

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14. Because delays now likely flattens the curve.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 06:48 PM
Mar 2020

(See: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/flattening-curve-coronavirus/ )

Also by then Biden may be the only one running and there'd be no real reason to have to leave isolation to vote.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided

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Connecticut Primary moved to June [View all] brooklynite Mar 2020 OP
Good. Have they considered implementing voting by mail? n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #1
Why is that good? The Coronavirus outbreak will probably be even worse. pnwmom Mar 2020 #13
Because delays now likely flattens the curve. PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #14
I want these Governors to switch to mail in ballots. It shouldn't take 3 months for that pnwmom Mar 2020 #15
Excellent timne to promote voting by mail. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #16
We have absentee balloting with enough reasons for everyone to fit a category.... George II Mar 2020 #17
Hallejeulah. n/t femmedem Mar 2020 #2
Nice. I had forgotten that Lamont was the Gov. mikelgb Mar 2020 #3
Please help me understand something William769 Mar 2020 #4
Any delay likely helps to "flatten the curve"... PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #5
Thanks for the link. William769 Mar 2020 #6
Check out these new curves BidenBacker Mar 2020 #20
Yet, when I said holding the Illinois primary last Tuesday, was irresponsible former9thward Mar 2020 #7
The point stands despite individual states acting contrarily. Scurrilous Mar 2020 #9
The CT primary is being postponed for six weeks which, when added to the six weeks before Apr 28... George II Mar 2020 #18
Convention in July so June is the furthest time from now to have it timely happen if it happens. Scurrilous Mar 2020 #8
Thank you. William769 Mar 2020 #10
You're welcome. Scurrilous Mar 2020 #11
The last current scheduled primary (Kentucky) is June 23rd. PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #12
June is shaping up to be the time to emerge from the isolating and put the baby to bed. Scurrilous Mar 2020 #19
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