ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Despite elected leaders in other states calling for their presidential preference primaries to be postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus, Florida leaders say the state’s elections will go on as planned Tuesday. “We are following all guidance from the Florida Department of Health and the CDC.
That guidance tells us Floridians can safely and securely go to the polls to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s presidential preference primary,” Florida Secretary of State Laurel M.
Lee said. “Precinct-based voting, where voters within a community cast a ballot, is nothing like the large gatherings our health professionals are encouraging Floridians to avoid.” Local elections supervisors plan to stock voting precincts with