Knox County Board of Elections Chair Kim Horn, left, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Ohio Eastern Star Home CEO Michele Engelbach and Elections Deputy Scott Howard answer questions during a press conference Thursday, March 12, 2020. LaRose praised local election boards for moving a polling location quickly as coronavirus cases increased in Ohio. (Joshua Morrison/Mount Vernon News via AP)
March 16, 2020
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March 16, 2020 9:08 p.m.
Health chief halts Ohio primary; 3 other states forge ahead
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio called off its presidential primary just hours before polls were set to open there and in three other states, an 11th-hour decision the governor said was necessary to prevent further fueling the coronavirus pandemic that has paralyzed the nation.