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Voter turnout low as coronavirus impacts Florida primary election

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ORLANDO, Fla. – With Florida’s presidential preference primary falling over spring break, elections officials always assumed voter turnout would be much lower than in 2016, when the lack of an incumbent president drove voters from all political parties to the polls.

But new concerns about COVID-19 may have also kept some voters at home today. "Turnout is maybe around 20-something percent, which is really low," said Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles. "But polls are open.

Voters are coming out. So we're moving forward." Voters who did make it to their neighborhood precinct likely found short or non-existent lines of people waiting to cast a ballot, while poll workers wiped down pens and voting booths with cleaning products. "I

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