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Gov. Mike DeWine moved to push back the state’s election on Tuesday over coronavirus concerns, but a judge rejected the request. It was unclear if voting would go forward.
The status of Ohio’s presidential primary election was thrown into uncertainty on Monday, a day before voting, after the state’s governor said he was moving to postpone the election over worries about the coronavirus, only for a county judge to deny the motion.
The governor, Mike DeWine, said on Monday afternoon that he did not have the authority to unilaterally delay the primary and that a lawsuit would be filed to move the election to June 2. On Monday evening, Judge Richard A. Frye of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas rejected the request.
It was not immediately clear if the election would go forward on Tuesday. Officials in Ohio did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether they would appeal the decision or open polls on Tuesday morning.
Mr. DeWine had said at a news conference earlier in the day that “we don’t know who coming through the line has been infected.” He added, “We should not force people to make this choice, a choice between their health and their constitutional rights and their duties as American citizens.”
Officials in Ohio had said as recently as Sunday that they would go forward with primary voting, but Mr. DeWine indicated that they became increasingly worried about the safety of polling sites after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned against gatherings of 50 or more people.
Elections officials in the three other states scheduled to vote on Tuesday — Arizona, Illinois and Florida — said on Monday after Mr. DeWine’s announcement that they planned to proceed with their elections.

“We are fortunate to have numerous options in Florida to cast our ballots safely and securely,” Laurel Lee, the secretary of state, said at a news conference. She added that more than two million ballots had already been cast through early in-person voting and vote by mail.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida added that he was committed to holding the elections, saying, “The fact of the matter is, these things can be done in a way where you’re not going to have crowds.”