Wisconsin has elections in April every year. “Statewide Spring Election” for state races like the Supreme Court, presidential primaries in the years that have them, and local races like mayors and town council. Those people are always elected in April. I don’t know why we do it this way but it’s always been like this. |
This is awful. However, they did extend the absentee ballot deadline and will now accept absentee ballots until April 13.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/04/02/judge-wisconsin-absentee-voting-coronavirus-162203 |
Evers needs to do more and exercise full extent of executive powers. This is a state of emergency and an out-of-control legislature is trying to give people a death sentence in order to exercise their vote.
This is akin to an act of domestic terrorism. Take the gloves off, Tony! |
The Supreme Court is simultaneously using the pandemic as an excuse to not even hear the case on Trump's tax returns while telling voters in Wisconsin just now they should be forced to carry on with voting tomorrow with no extension of vote by mail. |
![]() How is this constitutional to go forward w an election during a pandemic and to only have five polling places for 600k people??? |
They did extend the vote by mail. Don’t know how much good the extension will do though for many voters. But I agree with everything else you said. |
No the Supreme Court struck it down |
He did. He declared an emergency cancellation of the in-person election tomorrow but the state Supreme Court struck it down. Not being snarky— I don’t know what else he can do? What do you think? |
The court ruling forces the absentee to be returned/postmarked tomorrow, not the 13th as had been extended. There are literally balloted being sent to people now, who haven't receieved them yet, who will not be able to turn them in. |
I mean, Evers himself preemptively declared his action illegal literally three days ago. I’m surprised the WI Supreme Court didn’t rule 6-0 against him. |
Omg that’s crazy. |
Oh please. Evers has no one to blame but himself for this. Mere days ago he said he couldn’t postpone the election because it’d be illegal. |
And then there was a Federal Emergency declared. It changed the facts on the ground. Meanwhile, the state courts are closed. So the State Supreme Court did this remotely? How quaint. |
Nope. Not extended. |