Two members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission voiced their concerns in a letter to the leaders of the state’s GOP-controlled legislature ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
Two members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Sunday denounced the Republican-led legislature for moving forward with the state’s primary this Tuesday, warning that the move will put the lives of Wisconsin residents at risk amid the spiralingThe two commissioners — Ann S. Jacobs and Mark L. Thomsen, both Democratic appointees — voiced their concerns in a letter to state House Speaker Robin Vos and state Senate Republican leader Scott L. Fitzgerald.
, a copy of which was sent to The Washington Post. News of the letter was first reported by Milwaukee-based TV station CBS58.“In the face of a deepening and escalating COVID-19 crisis, forcing an in-person election on Tuesday not only threatens the voters, the clerks, and election staff, it threatens everyone those people subsequently come into contact with at home and elsewhere,” they added.
In their letter, Jacobs and Thomsen said that more than 1.2 million absentee ballots had been requested but that only a little more than 703,000 had been returned as of Sunday morning.
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