New York's election officials canceled the Democratic presidential primary in June, labeling it a 'frivolous' exercise amid the novel coronavirus pandemic
But he had hoped — paradoxically — to continue to win votes in the remaining primaries and use that to shape the Democratic platform and political priorities at the August national convention.
“What the Sanders campaign wanted is essentially a beauty contest that, given the situation with the public health emergency, seems to be unnecessary and, indeed, frivolous,” said Douglas Kellner, the board’s co-chair, according to theHe said it was a “very difficult decision,” the AP reported. Commissioner Andrew Spano echoed that but said he didn’t want to “have anyone on the ballot just for the purposes of issues at a convention.
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