Wisconsin voters are coming out in droves to the polls today – with most leaving much more room than usual between them and the person in front
in the state that saw Evers, a Democrat, issue an executive order in the middle of the day Monday delaying in-person voting. The order was swiftly challenged by the Republican-controlled Legislature, and the state Supreme Court blocked it on Monday evening. In a separate ruling, the conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court reined in a lower-court ruling extending the deadline for absentee ballots.
“What’s happening in Wisconsin today flies in the face of every pronouncement that we have heard in the last three weeks pertaining to public health,” Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee said in an interview with POLITICO. “Every announcement about stay home, social distancing, stay away from people. There is no scientific exemption for voting when it comes to Covid-19, and to pretend that there is is insanity.
Still, social media was flooded with photos and videos of the long lines outside of polling places, and news outlets aired footage showing some voters wearing masks, with most leaving much more room than usual between them and the person in front. When she arrived, she said, it wasn’t “crazy crowded, [but] there was a nice amount of people” at the polling place. Voters were adhering to social distancing as best as they could, said Gardner, who added that she wore masks and gloves to go vote.
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