Wisconsin mayors seek to scrap in-person voting in last-ditch effort [View all]
Source: abc
Ten mayors are urging Wisconsin Department of Health to stop in-person voting.
Kendall Karson April 5, 2020, 3:21 PM
As the novel coronavirus shutters nearly every aspect of American society, 10 mayors in Wisconsin are pushing for the pandemic to shut down one more: in-person voting...........
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"We implore you to implement all emergency measures necessary to control the spread of COVID-19, a communicable disease," the letter sent to Wisconsin Department of Human Services Secretary-Designee Andrea Palm reads. "Specifically, we need you to step up and stop the State of Wisconsin from putting hundreds of thousands of citizens at risk by requiring them to vote at the polls while this ugly pandemic spreads."
"We believe it would be irresponsible and contrary to public health to conduct in-person voting throughout the state at the very time this disease is spreading rapidly," the mayors wrote.
The mayors, who say they represent 1.3 million constituents in total, include Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, Eric Genrich of Green Bay, Lori Palmeri of Oshkosh, Tim Kabat of La Crosse, John Antaramian of Kenosha, Cory Mason of Racine, Tim Hanna of Appleton, Satya Rhodes-Conway of Madison, Karen Mischel of Viroqua and Kathy Ehley of Wauwatosa.
While the letter, which comes as bipartisan negotiations over the best path forward for the election have stalled, applauds Democratic Gov. Tony Evers for his "leadership" in declaring a state of emergency, the local leaders scold the GOP-controlled legislature for their "inexcusable refusal to act." ..............
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wisconsin-mayors-seek-scrap-person-voting-ditch-effort/story?id=69988092&cid=social_twitter_abcn
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett speaks during a press conference, Feb. 27, 2020, in Milwaukee.Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images
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