Last week's elections in Wisconsin made clear the grave threat to voting rights we face in the U.S. today. From michelebgoodwin:
., our team is continuing to report through this global health crisis—doing what we can to keep you informed and up-to-date on some of the most underreported issues of this pandemic. —we can’t do it without you.Both rulings were along ideological lines, with conservative justices blocking delay, leaving Wisconsin voters to fend for themselves in the wake of a deadly virus infecting and killing people in Wisconsin.
Musicians Olu Sijuwade, left, and Guy Fiorentini play jazz to entertain voters waiting in line outside Riverside University High School in Milwaukee on April 7, 2020. The Court’s decision was particularly egregious. According to the Wisconsin Election Commission , at the time of the Court’s ruling, over 1.3 million Wisconsin voters had requested absentee ballots—but less than 45 percent of those ballots had been returned by the night before the election.
Sadly, while Judge Karofsky and her supporters may have won the battle, a larger struggle remains—and should not be overlooked nor forgotten. The path for Wisconsin voters was fraught by voter suppression, conservative organizations essentially lobbying the Wisconsin Supreme Court by letter—rather than the typical filing of briefs—and the failure of the United States Supreme Court to uphold civil liberties in a time of health crisis.
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