New York cancels presidential primary, angering Bernie Sanders supporters [View all]

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Source: Democrat & Chronicle

ALBANY – New York has cancelled its Democratic presidential primary for 2020, angering Bernie Sanders supporters who were hoping to win more delegates to influence their party's platform.

The state's Democratic election commissioners voted Monday to remove Sanders and nine other presidential candidates from the New York ballot, making use of a new measure in state law allowing them to do so if a candidate publicly suspends his or her campaign.

The move left former Vice President Joe Biden — the lone remaining Democrat actively seeking the Democratic nomination — as the only name on New York's Democratic primary ballot, effectively canceling the primary.

The primary election had originally been scheduled for Tuesday before Gov. Andrew Cuomo delayed it to June 23 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit New York harder than any other state.
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