A U.S. district judge in Manhattan says there's enough time before the N.Y. Democratic presidential primary to plan how to carry it out safely
The New York Democratic presidential primary must take place June 23 because canceling it would be unconstitutional and deprive withdrawn presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang of proper representation at the Democratic convention, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Torres wrote that removing presidential contenders from the primary ballot deprived them of votes for the Democratic Party's nomination. She said it also diminished the delegates' influence on the party's platform and their ability to react to unexpected convention developments. They cited fears the coronavirus could spread among an extra 1.5 million voters who would show up for an election in which formerThe fact that the primary was going to occur on June 23 anyway because of other contested races, including a number of congressional primaries, led Torres to question on Monday why the primary wasn't canceled entirely if safety was such a concern.
Biden became the presumptive nominee when Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign last month, but Sanders had made clear that he wanted to continue collecting delegates from remaining primaries, including in New York, to maximize his influence over the party platform and other decisions at the Democratic convention this summer.
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