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Iowa Democratic Party delays county conventions over coronavirus
The Hill ^ | 03/13/20 | Tal Axelrod

Posted on 03/13/2020 11:28:08 PM PDT by Farcesensitive

The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) announced Friday that it would delay its county conventions over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

The IDP did not specify when it would hold the county conventions, which had been scheduled for March 21.

“Today, the Iowa Democratic Party is announcing it will postpone County Conventions to a future date to be determined," IDP Chair Mark Smith said in a statement. "After extensive consultation with County Chairs, the State Central Committee, party leaders, and public health officials, we have come to the determination that the spreading coronavirus poses a risk that outweighs a temporary delay in moving the caucus-to-convention process forward."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2020; coronavirus; covid19; democrats

1 posted on 03/13/2020 11:28:09 PM PDT by Farcesensitive
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To: Farcesensitive

Therefore, we deem Hillary the winner.


2 posted on 03/13/2020 11:29:41 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Farcesensitive

same is going to happen all over

this is going to completely disrupt political processes which are all about assembly


3 posted on 03/14/2020 12:00:23 AM PDT by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: Farcesensitive

“The news from the IDP comes as the coronavirus rapidly spreads across the country, killing over 40 people in the U.S. alone. Iowa has 17 confirmed cases of the illness, according to The New York Times’s tracker.”

So 40 people have died in the US. How many more people do they think will die by next week which is when it was originally scheduled for.

I feel like this whole thing is overblown on purpose.


4 posted on 03/14/2020 12:04:23 AM PDT by funfan
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To: Farcesensitive

Are they delaying until after the final vote count is released?


5 posted on 03/14/2020 2:38:00 AM PDT by Bernard ("I don't know if that's true:" Schiff said.)
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To: Farcesensitive
The IDP did not specify when it would hold the county conventions, which had been scheduled for March 21.

Put them off until 2024, they don't matter during this election cycle.

6 posted on 03/14/2020 6:09:05 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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To: Farcesensitive

BTW, have they ever figured out who won the primary?


7 posted on 03/14/2020 7:18:06 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Curse of intelligence: Having to watch the morons try everything you know won't work!)
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To: Savage Beast

I don’t know.


8 posted on 03/14/2020 12:03:53 PM PDT by Farcesensitive (K is coming)
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To: Farcesensitive

I think they’re still trying to fix...oops! ...I mean count the ballots.


9 posted on 03/14/2020 2:08:07 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Curse of intelligence: Having to watch the morons try everything you know won't work!)
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