Americans in nine states and Washington D.C. will cast their ballots in primary elections on Tuesday, despite massive social unrest and an ongoing global pandemic.
The new deadline to receive them and count them, under Wolf’s executive order, is 5 p.m. on June 9, the governor's office said.
Due to the coronavirus, all voters have the option to vote by mail-in ballot rather than going to their polling place on Election Day. Mail-in ballot applications will be accepted through Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 5 p.m.
A spokesperson for Philadelphia's elections commission, Nick Custodio, said there was “no playbook for holding an election during a pandemic.”
Several voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit to give Pennsylvanians more time to return their ballots for the upcoming presidential primary.
Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is boosting its efforts to get voters to cast their primary election ballots by mail, saying it would help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
New Florida poll shows 46% of registered voters would vote for likely presidential candidate Joe Biden, with 40% voting for Donald Trump.
