1. The first paragraph of a news article should answer the questions who, what, where and when. List the who, what, where and when of this news item. (NOTE: The remainder of a news article provides details on the why and/or how.)

2. What does the federal judge’s ruling stipulate?

3. a) For what reason did NY’s Board of Elections cancel the Democratic presidential primary?
b) How did the commissioners justify their decision to cancel the presidential primary, while not canceling some other local elections?

4. What did Judge Torres note about the problem with removing all but one Democratic candidate from the ballot?

5. What did the judge write about New York States’ assertion that holding the election will possibly spread the coronavirus?

6. Re-read paragraph 11. Regardless of your party affiliation, what do you think the DNC should do about their rules for primary election dates and delegates?

7. Governor Cuomo, a democrat, used an obscure provision to the state budget to allow the Board of Elections to remove candidates who have suspended their campaigns from the primary ballot. NY’s Board of Elections commissioners are appointed by the governor.
The governor has been accused of a power-grab.

Jay Jacobs, the chairman of the New York Democratic Party, told CNN in a phone interview that he agreed with the decision to cancel the state's presidential primary contest -- calling it a "necessary move" by New York election officials to protect the health and safety of voters and poll workers.

Former Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner told CNN that she was "stunned" by the New York State Board of Elections decision to remove Sanders from the ballot: “This is a really sad day for democracy and it definitely chips away at Democrats' universal ability to say that we are the party of ensuring that people have the right to vote because their right to have choice was stripped from them in the state of New York for no reason," Turner told CNN.

What do you think?