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The first person in ICE custody tested positive for the coronavirus this weekend, and advocates are worried about COVID-19 spread in detention facilities. The Senate is working to pass a stimulus package, which includes money for elections.

COVID-19 cases continue to grow, and this year's elections face many changes. There's lots of debate in Congress, though, on exactly how to proceed.

Former VP Joe Biden spoke yesterday for the first time in a week on the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. The Nurses Union petitioned Congress to provide an emergency temporary standard for health workers, and stimulus funding for elections won't go to Wyoming's primary, because it's run by the party and not the state.

Congress and the White House are working on coronavirus response, but Senators disagree on how to provide economic stimulus and relief. Bernie Sanders is using his campaign as a way to provide information about the response, and advocate for help for working people.

Tulsi Gabbard drops out of the race for president, and discussions continue on how to move forward through the coronavirus with almost half of the states' primaries still yet to occur.

Ohio cancelled its primary this week, Florida, Arizona and Illinois went on. What are states going forward planning to do? The DNC recommends voting by mail, but there are some limitations.

Joe Biden won primaries in Arizona, Illinois and Florida yesterday. Ohio was supposed to vote in person yesterday too, but postponed at the last minute. And in Florida, Demos is filing a suit requesting a statewide extension for voting by mail.

Three states vote in primaries today, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, including Florida, where the right to vote for people with past felony convictions was restored in 2018. Ohio had planned to vote today, but the Governor declared a public health emergency and closed polls.

Former VP Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders faced off in the first one-on-one debate of the primary season. Coronavirus showed up, in a lengthy debate discussion, plus lecterns six feet apart and no handshakes beforehand.

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders address the coronavirus, and the Trump administration's response so far. In Ohio, some voting procedures have changed, like moving polling locations away from nursing homes.