REUTERS: Wisconsin officials plowed ahead on Thursday (Apr 2) with plans for a US presidential primary next week despite a shortage of poll ...
A sign directs voters towards a polling place near the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File PhotoREUTERS: Wisconsin officials plowed ahead on Thursday with plans for a US presidential primary next week despite a shortage of poll workers and a flurry of legal challenges amid widespread worries about the health risks from the coronavirus.
"I think thousands of people are likely to be disenfranchised, and there is a genuine risk that people will contract the coronavirus at the polls," said Ben Wikler, chairman of the state Democratic Party. The Wisconsin Elections Commission reported nearly 60 per cent of the state's municipalities face a shortage of poll workers, with more than 100 municipalities without staff for even one polling site. The Wisconsin Army National Guard is set to help at the polls on Tuesday.More than 1.1 million absentee ballots had been requested as of Thursday - surpassing the total turnout in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary - although fewer than half have been returned so far.
Governor Tony Evers asked the state legislature last week to pass a bill to send an absentee ballot to every registered voter, but Republicans said there was not enough time to make that feasible.
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