Mayors from some of the most populous cities in Wisconsin are calling on the state’s top health official to shut down in-person voting at Tuesday’s primary
Mayors from some of the most populous cities in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee and Madison, are calling on the state’s top health official to shut down in-person voting at Tuesday’s primary,“We implore you to implement all emergency measures necessary to control the spread of COVID-19, a communicable disease,” reads aaddressed to Department of Human Services Secretary-Designee Andrea Palm.
Their plea for action is the latest evolution in a combative run-up to Wisconsin’s primary on Tuesday. For weeks, the fate of the election has been embroiled in legal action, partisan sparring and intraparty conflict stemming from efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, called the Legislature into special session on Saturday to act on a bill that would allow an all-mail election and extend the deadline to return ballots.
Evers and other officials in the state had resisted postponing Tuesday‘s election. Besides the Democratic presidential primary between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, there are hundreds of general elections for local offices, as well. Statewide, there‘s also a contested state Supreme Court election. Before Friday, Evers had not publicly asked for the election to be postponed, and Republican legislative leaders have not entertained the idea. The governor had previously requested an expansion of mail-in voting in the state.
The plea from the mayors could mirror a move that took place in Ohio. After a court declined to postpone Ohio‘s primaries, which were originally scheduled for March 17, Gov. Mike DeWine‘s top health official
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