Gov. Andrew Cuomo will delay New York’s presidential primary from April 28 to June 23, he announced Saturday, derailing the last contest to be scheduled for that date
It’s been clear for some time that the April 28 date would be unrealistic to work as planned, though there had not been any consensus as to what fixes might occur. There has been some movement toward allowing people to submit absentee ballots, even if they’re not ill, though elections officialsThe June 23 date is the one that was already on the books for congressional, state, and local primaries.
Cuomo said Saturday afternoon that he “had advocated for it to be on [the June] date all along" to reduce the number of times that voters need to head to the polls, though that’s not entirely true. The governor initially expressed no opposition to the April date before
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