Wisconsin voters lined up at the polls Tuesday, attempting to leave enough space between them to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Although Democratic Gov. Tony Evers tried Monday to postpone the primary at the last minute, both the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in, and voters headed to the polls Tuesday. Results weren't going to be released until next week.
“What happened in Wisconsin … could be a driver for a true crisis of democracy come November, and every state needs to be thinking right now about what they're going to do to ensure free and fair elections in the fall,” said David Daley, a senior fellow at Fair Vote and author of “Unrigged: How Americans Battled Back To Save Democracy.”
So far, more than a dozen states have delayed their primary elections because of the outbreak. Although many of those states will continue to hold in-person voting, a number have also expanded absentee voting and vote-by-mail to avoid direct contact among people at polling locations.
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