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    Voting Amid Coronavirus: What You Need To Know

    Louisiana and Georgia have postponed their presidential primaries, but the four states scheduled to vote on Tuesday say they are moving forward. Here's what they're doing to keep voters safe.
    by Miles Parks Mar 16, 2020 3 minutes
    A Michigan voter uses hand sanitizer that the polling place provided after casting his ballot at Warren Woods Baptist Church in Warren, Mich., last week.

    While much of the country has come to a standstill because of the rapidly spreading coronavirus, democracy, it seems, goes on.

    Four states are set to hold their presidential primaries on Tuesday, and many more states and territories are currently scheduled to vote before the end of April.

    Here are answers to three questions you may have about voting in the time of a pandemic.

    1. Are elections still happening?

    At this point, the answer

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