In midst of coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin plans for in-person voting in its presidential primary Tuesday and awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Door knocking is out, rallies, too. The coronavirus pandemic has operatives scrambling. ‘This is the fastest we have ever had to change,’ one says.
Meanwhile, mayors across the state, including Democrats in Wisconsin’s two largest cities of Milwaukee and Madison, have urged Evers not to hold the election out of. Evers has said he doesn’t have the legal authority to do that and has instead called on the Legislature to make it a mail-in election, as was done in Ohio.
Thousands of poll workers have said they won’t work on Tuesday, leading Milwaukee to reduce its planned number of polling sites from 180 to just five. The National Guard was distributing supplies, including hand sanitizer, to polling sites across the state. In Madison, city workers were erecting plexiglass barriers to protect poll workers, and voters were encouraged to bring their own pens to mark the ballots.
As of Monday morning, a record-high 1.2 million absentee ballots had been requested and more than 724,000 had been returned. Democrats fear that if the Supreme Court reverses the judge’s ruling, and cuts short the amount of time those ballots can be returned and still counted, thousands of voters will be disenfranchised.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Wisconsin moves forward with in-person elections despite coronavirus stay at home orderThe state has called in National Guard troops to staff polling sites, as thousands of workers are expected to not show up because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Read more »
Wisconsin set to hold in-person voting in presidential primaryWisconsin is set to hold in-person voting next week after the state's legislature on Saturday declined to take up an effort delaying the presidential primary due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more »
Wisconsin mayors seek to scrap in-person voting in last-ditch effortAs the novel coronavirus shutters nearly every aspect of American society, 10 mayors in Wisconsin are pushing for the pandemic to shut down one more: in-person voting.
Read more »
Wisconsin GOP appeals to Supreme Court on extended votingWisconsin Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block extended absentee voting in Tuesday's primary, despite public health fears about in-person voting amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more »
Wisconsin's primary to go forward Tuesday even as coronavirus all but shutters the U.S.Wisconsin’s Republican-led legislature refused to delay Tuesday's primary election, formally rejecting a call from the state's Democratic governor to halt in-person voting amid the coronavirus pandemic
Read more »
Wisconsin legislature comes under fire for ‘unconscionable’ decision to hold primary amid coronavirus pandemicTwo members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission voiced their concerns in a letter to the leaders of the state’s GOP-controlled legislature ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
Read more »