Pennsylvania health officials deliver a press conference regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. HARRISBURG, Pa. - A measure to delay Pennsylvania’s primary election by five weeks, potentially past the spike of the state’s spreading coronavirus cases, could fly through both chambers of the state Legislature to Gov.
Tom Wolf’s desk on Wednesday. Wolf, a Democrat, will sign it, his office said. FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS The measure also has high-level support from top Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature and won a unanimous preliminary vote in the House on Tuesday.
Under the bill, Pennsylvania would hold its primary election on June 2, instead of April 28, when the state could be in the thick of a surge of coronavirus cases.