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Ohio primary vote halted at last minute amid coronavirus court battle

Health officials step in after judge refuses Governor’s recommendation to postponing in-person voting

Heath officials in Ohio have postponed the state’s primary vote just hours before polls were set to open, an 11th-hour decision that came after a judge denied the Governor’s request to postpone the vote because of the coronavirus.

Health director Amy Acton declared a health emergency that would prevent the polls from opening out of fear of exposing voters and volunteer poll workers, many of them elderly.

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