{"id":6752,"date":"2020-03-15T10:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=6752"},"modified":"2020-03-15T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T14:31:02","slug":"georgia-election-officials-are-postponing-presidential-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/03\/15\/georgia-election-officials-are-postponing-presidential-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia election officials are postponing presidential primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-2.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Georgia election officials are postponing the state\u2019s March 24 presidential primaries until May because of fears over the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Georgia&#8217;s secretary of state said that in-person early voting will be halted and the election will be moved to May 19, when Georgia\u2019s other 2020 primary elections are being held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The action followed Republican Gov. 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