Four states were supposed to vote on March 17: Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio. Just three will be voting, with Ohio in a giant confusing mess as Gov. Mike DeWine moved late to postpone the primary there, with a court battle continuing and little clarity about what’s happening beyond the immediate fact that what’s not happening is voting.
And while these primaries were expected to be a significant event, further cementing former Vice President Joe Biden’s overall delegate lead and increasing the pressure on Sen. Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race, they are now a total afterthought. But they’re happening, for what it’s worth, in some form—or at least three of them are.