If your Democratic primary hasn't happened yet, you might want to check the date.
The coronavirus outbreak has left the presidential primary calendar in a state of flux as government officials and party leaders attempt to balance health and safety concerns with the need to continue the electoral process.
Some states have rescheduled early spring primaries for May and June, while working to massively expand mail balloting. In other states, like Wisconsin and Ohio, elections turned into chaotic legal battles between those seeking to delay and those who wanted to stick to the original dates.
Sixteen states have delayed their primaries, and Puerto Rico has postponed indefinitely. Two states, Montana and Kansas, have kept their primary dates but switched to vote-by-mail only. Even now, the calendar is far from settled. There are 27 presidential nominating contests between now and the convention, and what seems like a safe date today could change in a few weeks.
The Democratic presidential race has ended, with Joe Biden as the presumptive nominee after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out and endorsed the former vice president. But Sanders said his name will still be on the remaining ballots.
"While Vice President Biden will be the nominee, we must continue working to assemble as many delegates as possible at the Democratic convention, where we will be able to exert significant influence over the party platform," Sanders said in his April 8 speech suspending his campaign. He endorsed Biden on April 13.
The COVID-19 outbreak also forced the Democratic National Committee to move the start of its national convention from July 13 to Aug. 17. (Republicans will hold their convention a week later in Charlotte, N.C.)
The DNC is not, however, changing the June 9 deadline for states to hold their presidential nominating contests. States that don't make the cutoff could lose at least half their delegates; the party's rules and bylaws committee will review requests for waivers, the DNC said. Louisiana, Kentucky, New York and New Jersey are holding their primaries after the deadline.
Biden has suggested Democrats may not be able to hold an in-person convention.
"We may have to do a virtual convention. I think we should be thinking about that right now. ... We may not be able to put 10, 20, 30,000 people in one place," Biden said April 5 on ABC's "This Week."
Here's where the rest of the Democratic presidential primary calendar stands _ for now.
APRIL
April 17 _ Wyoming. 14 delegates. Mail ballots only. (Rescheduled from April 4.)
April 28 _ Ohio. 136 delegates. Mail ballots only for most voters. (Rescheduled from March 17.)
MAY
May 2 _ Guam. 7 delegates. Caucuses.
May 2 _ Kansas. 39 delegates. Mail ballots only.
May 12 _ Nebraska. 29 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot.
May 19 _ Oregon. 61 delegates. Vote-by-mail only. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
May 22 _ Hawaii. 24 delegates. Mail ballots only. (Rescheduled from April 4.)
JUNE
June 2 _ Connecticut. 60 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from April 28.)
June 2 _ Delaware. 21 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from April 28.)
June 2 _ District of Columbia. 20 delegates. A reduced number of polling places will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot.
June 2 _ Indiana. 82 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from May 5.)
June 2 _ Maryland. 96 delegates. Election officials have recommended limited in-person voting. (Rescheduled from April 28.)
June 2 _ Montana. 19 delegates. The governor has given counties the option to move to vote-by-mail and expand early voting.
June 2 _ New Mexico. 34 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot.
June 2 _ Pennsylvania. 186 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from April 28.)
June 2 _ Rhode Island. 26 delegates. Polls will be open. All voters will be mailed an application to vote by mail. (Rescheduled from April 28.)
June 2 _ South Dakota. 16 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot.
June 6 _ Virgin Islands. 7 delegates. Caucuses.
June 9 _ Georgia. 105 delegates. Polls will be open and early voting will resume on April 27; voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from March 24.)
June 9 _ West Virginia. 28 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from May 12.)
June 23 _ Kentucky. 54 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from May 19)
June 23 _ New York. 274 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from April 28.)
JULY
July 7 _ New Jersey. 126 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from June 2.)
July 11 _ Louisiana. 54 delegates. Polls will be open, voters may request an absentee ballot. (Rescheduled from April 4.)
AUGUST
Aug. 17-20 _ Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. (Rescheduled from July 13-16.)
DATE TBD
Postponed indefinitely _ Puerto Rico. 51 delegates. (Voting originally scheduled for March 29.)
