Democratic groups are suing to expand voter access at the polls in some states, amid rapid changes surrounding in-person voting as concerns of novel coronavirus spread.
to hold in-person voting on June 2, without any action taken by the state legislature, those who had intended to vote in-person on Tuesday may lose their chance.
County election workers hand out election delayed signs to put up at polling stations in Dayton, Ohio, March 17, 2020, after the primaries were canceled."Despite a patent and unambiguous lack of jurisdiction and legal authority to set the date of an election, Respondent Secretary asserted jurisdiction and legal authority in Directive 2020-06 to set the date of Ohio’s 2020 presidential primary for June 2, 2020," Daniel McTeague, the party's counsel, writes.
"By preventing Ohioans from going to polling locations, we averted a situation which would have gone against the most recent scientific evidence available and could have dangerously advanced the spread of coronavirus across Ohio," they wrote."It is abundantly clear that it would have been impossible to carry out a fair, accessible, and safe election today."
The joint complaint also seeks to drop the photo-ID and proof of residency requirements for absentee ballot and voter registration requests"for the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak," as well as push back the deadline to submit absentee main-in ballots beyond Election Day.The Wisconsin Election Commission declined to comment.
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