BREAKING: Gov. Tony Evers (D) orders postponing Wisconsin's April 7 election until June 9.
The executive order delays in-person voting until June 9, 2020, unless the state Legislature approves a different date for in-person voting.
The order comes just days after Evers told Wisconsinites that his “hands are tied” in changing the election date. Evers has already declared a public health emergency in the state, butthat gives him the authority to change the election date without a law passed by the state Legislature. “It could end up in the Supreme Court yet today, but the bottom line is the people of Wisconsin, they don’t care about the fighting between Democrats and Republicans — they’re scared,”The order cites Wisconsin state law that allows the governor to issue an order when “he or she deems necessary for the security of persons and property.″ Already, Republican leaders in the state have said they will “immediately” challenge the order in the state Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority.
On Friday, Evers called a special session of Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled legislature for the weekend in an attempt to change the state’s election from in-person voting to an extended mail-in ballot. But that last-minute plea to GOP lawmakers failed. State Republican leaders balked at Evers’ proposal mandating that all registered voters receive an absentee ballot by May 19 and extending the deadline to turn them in until May 26.How long are
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