Wisconsin's April 7 elections poised to be a fiasco; governor calls National Guard to staff polls
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Despite a now-raging pandemic, Wisconsin remains the only state still insisting on holding their April presidential primary, state, and local elections as scheduled. They will take place as usual, on April 7. You can blame both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers aWisconsin's April 7 elections poised to be a fiasco; governor calls National Guard to staff polls
Despite a now-raging pandemic, Wisconsin remains the only state still insisting on holding their April presidential primary, state, and local elections as scheduled. They will take place as usual, on April 7. You can blame both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican-held legislature for that. Evers asked lawmakers to at least extend early voting and distribute mail-in ballots to every voter; the Republicans said no. Whether the refusal to even expand vote-by-mail during a pandemic requiring Americans to avoid crowded public places like polling sites is an effort to intentionally sabotage election turnout to boost conservative candidates depends on who you ask, but the «sabotage» part doesn't seem to be a question. Election Day is looking like it's going to be a complete disaster. Read more