Wisconsin primary to go ahead on Tuesday as planned after the state's Supreme Court ruled that the governor cannot postpone the election
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court put the state’s chaotic presidential primary back on track, ruling on Monday that Democratic Governor Tony Evers cannot postpone in-person voting to June despite the coronavirus crisis.
The legal action means Wisconsin voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the primary, as well as state and local elections, despite orders to stay at home and a ban on public gatherings to limit exposure to the virus, which has killed more than 10,000 people nationwide and infected more than 350,000.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the minority, said it could lead to “massive disenfranchisement” in Wisconsin given the explosion of demand for absentee ballots. “I cannot in good conscience allow any types of gathering that would further the spread of this disease and to put more lives at risk,” Evers told reporters on a conference call after issuing the executive order. “There is not a sufficiently safe way to administer in-person voting tomorrow.
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