WASHINGTON—Ohio’s top public health official will order polls closed Tuesday due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state’s governor said late Monday, after a judge blocked the state’s last-minute attempt to postpone its primary election until June. The back-and-forth flurry of activity plunged Ohio into uncertainty just hours before voters were due to head to the polls, reflecting how states are struggling to address the rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 16, 2020 19:52 UTC