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Ohio. Governor postponing todays primary there because of this Public Health emergency. Florida, arizona, and illinois will still proceed with their primaries today despite the threat. So joining us now is ohios secretary of state frank la rose. Secretary, thank you so much for being here. Can you tell us why you took this step late last night at literally the 11th hour . Well, what happened is that the governor and the doctor who heads up the Ohio Department of health judged that it was unof a for ohioans to gather at the polls and it was unsafe for poll workers. Imagine a scenario where the administration is saying that gatherings of over ten people are unauthorized and that ohioans over 65 should remain in their homes. It was simply untenable for us to continue telling ohioans go to the poll. He made a difficult and right decision. I followed that up with an order saying we would comply with that and the ohioans will have their voice heard in the 11 weeks ahead. I like your confiden

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