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Wisconsin’s battle over voter rolls puts 129,000 registrations in peril
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Thousands of voters face possible deactivation as groups battle over whether Wisconsin must trim the rolls ahead of crucial 2020 election.
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Activists push to cull voter rolls in Wisconsin, other swing states
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Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania — whose voters helped Donald Trump win the presidency — have been sued by conservative groups to ‘clean up’ voter roll.
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Wisconsin set to hold more elections during coronavirus pandemic, as clerks scramble to ensure safety
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Many states have postponed elections or moved to all-mail in voting. Wisconsin’s 1,850 municipal clerks must figure out how to hold safe in-person balloting.
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Watch out for absentee ballot mailings — because they may not help you vote
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Wisconsin election officials are cautioning voters in the 7th Congressional District to think twice before relying on pre-filled forms sent to their homes to request absentee ballots.
Photo essays
Through the lens: Wisconsin’s rally against Safer at Home highlights political and cultural wars
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On April 24, protesters assembled at the Wisconsin State Capitol to rally against Gov. Tony Evers’ extension of the Safer at Home order to May 26.
Disinformation
‘Trying to muddy the waters’: Opponents misuse stats in attack on Wisconsin virus lockdown, experts say
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Some critics who question Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ Safer at Home order omit crucial context of state COVID-19 projections.
Coronavirus Coverage
‘We expect, encounter and survive in crisis situations all the time’: How Milwaukee grassroots leaders mobilized to help voters on Election Day
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Although voting during the coronavirus pandemic created challenges, community leaders say living in Milwaukee has taught them to be ready for any crisis.
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A photographer’s journey from countryside to cityscape during Wisconsin’s pandemic election
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Wisconsin Watch photographer Coburn Dukehart and reporter Lauren Fuhrmann documented scenes from Door County to Milwaukee during the election on April 7.
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Portraits of a pandemic: Milwaukee voters go to the polls
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Despite the risks to their own health, these Milwaukee voters showed up at the polls, and waited, sometimes for hours, to participate in our democracy.
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Returned to sender: Postal officials investigating Wisconsin absentee ballots that were never delivered
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Fox Point officials say scores of ballots did not get to voters after the post office repeatedly returned them. The U.S. Postal Service is investigating.
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Wisconsin’s pandemic election: Long waits, face masks as voters go to polls
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Wisconsin’s election during the coronavirus pandemic was marked by lines of voters stretching for blocks on Tuesday in Milwaukee and frustration that some residents — many wearing face masks or respirators — were forced to choose between risking their health and relinquishing their right to vote.
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Their Wisconsin ballots never arrived. So they risked a pandemic. Or stayed home.
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For possibly thousands of Wisconsin voters who requested absentee ballots that never came, a U.S. Supreme Court decision meant voting in person — or not at all.