The Democratic governor just postponed tomorrow’s primary. Republicans are more concerned about winning than public safety. They don’t want a high voter turnout that would help Democrats. This battle will apply to the national elections, too. It’s going to get ugly. A lot of issues will wind up in the courts.
BREAKING: Wisconsin governor suspends in-person voting in Tuesday’s elections amid escalating coronavirus fears by @amyegardner @eliseviebeck https://t.co/50xL4oxdjD
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 6, 2020
"Because in Wisconsin, the GOP would rather endanger people’s lives and have a clusterf_ck election, so long as it gives them a chance at clinging to a piece of government power."@SykesCharlie lays it on the line.https://t.co/IjSYWGVnCE
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 6, 2020
What's happening in Wisconsin right now is a dry run.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 6, 2020
If the pandemic is still raging this fall, Republicans in the state will resist making voting safer — to salvage the presidency for Trump — even if it puts lives at risk.@paulwaldman1 and me:https://t.co/ttoxC9Fzaf
Maybe everything will be back to our normal standards of broken democracy, but what is happening in Wisconsin is a preview of how Republicans will use the pandemic, purges, and rigged courts to steal the election in November. https://t.co/WDhalEw5sX
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 6, 2020
position of Wisconsin’s Republican legislature seems to be that a Democrat cannot be governor. https://t.co/CkV9VDBV91
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) April 6, 2020
1) I just put up a piece explaining what's going on in Wisconsin right now, and holy shit this is about to get chaotic.https://t.co/r7pneRMohx
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 6, 2020
It’s very telling that Wisconsin Republicans care more about preserving their conservative majority on state Supreme Court than whether people will die as a result of voting tomorrow
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 6, 2020
Opinion: Wisconsin Republicans are exploiting the pandemic to grab power. It’s a dangerous precedent. https://t.co/JBMwvLj0qe
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 6, 2020
This is the Republican Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, who is up for election, telegraphing that he expects his Republican-controlled court to rule against the Democratic governor and prevent the election from being delayed. https://t.co/K69W11UvxB
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 6, 2020
BREAKING: Wisconsin @GovEvers halts in-person voting tomorrow and moves election date to June 9.
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) April 6, 2020
Absentee ballots that already have been cast will count.
People can continue voting absentee.
In-person voting could occur June 9.#PostponeWisconsinhttps://t.co/1O4pyNRJEr
Sad! 