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There are many electoral reform organizations all over the world. Since electoral reform is heavily dependent on local laws and local communities, many nations and localities have separate chapters for advocacy purposes.

Regional organizations

This page will be broken down by continent/region (ordered east to west from the international date line), then by nation (ordered by timezone of the capital city, starting at the International date line, and moving east).

Oceania

(geographic region comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

Asia

Africa

Europe

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States (national)

United States (regional)

Eastern
Central
- Missouri
Mountain
- Colorado
- Idaho
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+There are many electoral reform organizations all over the world.  Since electoral reform is heavily dependent on local laws and local communities, many nations and localities have separate chapters for advocacy purposes.
-This is the covid19relay homepage for the United States.  Below is a basic summary of the state of COVID-19 in the United States.  As of March 22, much more complete information can be found at "[[Wikipedia:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States|2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States]]" on Wikipedia, and [[Wikipedia:Category:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States by state|Category:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States by state]] has a colorful map of the U.S. with links to all 50 states.
-== Summary ==
+== Regional organizations ==
+This page will be broken down by continent/region (ordered east to west from the international date line), then by nation (ordered by timezone of the capital city, starting at the International date line, and moving east).
-Covid-19 was first confirmed to have spread to the United States in January 2020. Cases have been confirmed in all 50 U.S. states and several territories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.samoanews.com/regional/huge-crisis-coronavirus-fears-knock-back-pacific-tourism|title='Huge crisis': Coronavirus fears knock back Pacific tourism|date=2020-03-13|website=www.samoanews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-16}}</ref> As of March 22, the U.S. has the second highest number of active cases in the world (26,382), only after Italy (42,681).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries|title=Coronavirus Update (Live): 318,379 Cases and 13,671 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer|website=www.worldometers.info|language=en|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> The first known case of {{nowrap|COVID-19}} in the U.S. was confirmed on January 20, 2020, in a 35-year-old man who had returned from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan Wuhan], China five days earlier.<ref name="NEJMFirstCase">{{cite journal|vauthors=Holshue ML, DeBolt C, Lindquist S, Lofy KH, et al|title=First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States|journal=N. Engl. J. Med.|volume=382|issue=10|pages=929–936|date=March 2020|pmid=32004427|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa2001191}}</ref> The government first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_testing began testing] persons for the virus infection in February, but soon after, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC) found that the test kits were defective and gave inaccurate readings, thus rendering them useless.<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/health/coronavirus-test-kits-cdc.html|title=Coronavirus Test Kits Sent to States Are Flawed, C.D.C. Says|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 12, 2020|accessdate=March 16, 2020|first=Denise|last=Grady}}</ref>
+=== Oceania ===
-The CDC warned that widespread transmission may force large numbers of people to seek hospitalization and other healthcare, which may overload healthcare systems.<ref name="CDC COVID-19 Situation Summary">{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html|title=Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Summary|last=CDC|publisher=CDC|accessdate=March 7, 2020|date=March 7, 2020}}</ref> As of March 22, some states (such as [[California]]) have imposed shelter-in-place restrictions, but the federal government hasn't imposed further restrictions, but has advised against any gathering of more than 10 people.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Liptak|first1=Kevin|title=White House advises public to avoid groups of more than 10, asks people to stay away from bars and restaurants|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/white-house-guidelines-coronavirus/index.html|accessdate=March 18, 2020|work=CNN|date=March 16, 2020}}</ref>
+(geographic region comprising [[Wikipedia:Australasia|Australasia]], [[Wikipedia:Melanesia|Melanesia]], [[Wikipedia:Micronesia|Micronesia]] and [[Wikipedia:Polynesia|Polynesia]])
+=== Asia ===
-The [[Wikipedia:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States|2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States]] article has much more information.
-== Regional information ==
+=== Africa ===
-Over on Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Category:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States by state|Category:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States by state]] has a colorful map of the U.S. with links to all 50 states.  Additionally, this wiki is starting to have information, too:
-* https://covidactnow.org/ - shows what the last day for decisive action in the United States on a per-state basis
-* [https://covidtracking.com/data/ The COVID Tracking Project] - Nationwide data including<code>positive results</code>,<code>negative results</code>, <code>pending tests</code>, and <code>total people tested for</code>, provided as raw data, and graded for quality on a per-state/territory basis
-* https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/coronavirus-testing-by-state-chart-of-new-cases - Politico visualization of COVID Tracking Project data
-=== Pacific ===
+=== Europe ===
-This is information about states in the Pacific Time Zone:
-* [[Washington state]] ([[wikipedia:2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Washington_(state)|Wikipedia COVID-19 article about Washington state]])
-* [[Idaho]]
-* [[Oregon]]
-* [[California]]
-=== Mountain ===
+=== North America ===
-=== Central ===
+==== Canada ====
-=== Eastern ===
+==== Mexico ====
+==== United States (national) ====
+===== United States (regional) =====
+* Eastern
+* Central
+** [[Missouri]]
+* Mountain
+** [[Colorado]]
+** [[Idaho]]
+** [[Montana]]
+* Pacific
+** [[California]]
+** [[Nevada]]
+** [[Oregon]]
+** [[Washington state]]
 == References ==