Turnout Expected to Fall for Primaries

As Florida, Illinois, Ohio and Arizona prepare to vote tomorrow, it’s expected turnout will be down significantly as the nation deals with the coronavirus outbreak, NPR reports.

“Lori Edwards, the election supervisor for Polk County, Florida said her office was planning on a turnout rate of 40% to 50% for the primary but is now expecting roughly half that. Like other counties in the state, her office has had to deal with poll workers backing out of working the election and has had to move four precincts because the original locations didn’t want voters coming in.”