93.9 The Eagle – The News and Talk of Columbia, MO
(AP) — New York has canceled its 2020 Democratic presidential primary election because of the coronavirus pandemic, infuriating former candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign and his supporters. They are calling Monday’s decision a strike against democracy. The Democratic members of the State’s Board of Elections voted to nix the primary. New York will still hold its congressional and state-level primaries June 23. Commissioner Andrew Spano said he worried about potentially forcing voters and poll workers to choose between their democratic duty and their health. Sanders announced this month that he had suspended his campaign. In a Sunday letter, a lawyer for the Sanders campaign asked the commissioners not to cancel the primary.
