Judge declines to postpone Wisconsin elections, extends absentee voting [View all]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/judge-wisconsin-absentee-voting-coronavirus-162203
y ZACH MONTELLARO 04/02/2020 05:25 PM EDT Updated: 04/02/2020 05:52 PM EDT

In-person voting will go forward on Tuesday in Wisconsin, but the judge extended the deadline for mail ballots to be requested and received.

A federal judge expanded absentee voting in Wisconsin in a ruling ahead of Tuesday’s coronavirus-stricken state elections, but he is not postponing the vote, saying that he did not have the authority to do so.

U.S. District Judge William Conley ordered the state to extend two key absentee ballot deadlines in an effort to mitigate a drop in voter turnout. Voters will have an extra day — until 5 p.m. Friday — to request absentee ballots, and, more significantly, Conley ordered election officials to count absentee ballots received by 4 p.m. on April 13, nearly a week after the original deadline of 8 p.m. on election night. Ballots do not have to be postmarked by any particular time.

While I am anxious for the primaries to be over, the danger of spreading the infections is of paramount importance. We can only pray that it will be conducted in such a meaner that this fear may be minimized or completely avoided. Vote by mail Wisconsin folks!