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Democratic Primaries

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sunonmars

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Wed Mar 11, 2020, 04:33 PM Mar 2020

As the Covid Pandemic spreads, could the remaining primaries be cancelled completely? [View all]

I say this with the fact that any sort of gathering such a voting at precincts may in fact end up suspended soon.

The DNC needs a back up plan, move all primaries to mail option only, but this takes time or does it in fact make the primaries end as is and move to a concensus decision as to how the vote has progressed.

The fastest this moves the options become more limited. We may have no options.

What thoughts do we have and what could happen?


The difference between, the 1920 pandemic of Spanish Flu and the 2020 Covid Pandemic is the availability of travel. It took a lot longer in 1920 to transport around the world due to lack of worldwide transport. Disease loves our new open worldwide travel of cars, trains, planes. Everything moves fast and quicker.

We have made life easier but a lot more dangerous too. The world may have to change and adapt. Which is it, ease of life or living itself?


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