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A @CBSNews PROJECTION: @JoeBiden will win the April 7 #WisconsinPrimary, results of which are being tallied tonight. #AmericaDecides
Per the @CBSNewsPoll Decision Desk, the delegate haul out of Wisconsin so far: @JoeBiden +42 @BernieSanders +13.
MORE: Based on results from the #WisconsinPrimary tonight, @CBSNews projects @JoeBiden currently has 1,252 of the 1,991 delegates he needs to officially clinch the Democratic nomination, most likely in June.
1/7 #WisconsinPrimary polls are open today despite #coronavirus fears. Republicans rejected a delay that would allow more time for voting by mail. Expanding opportunities to vote is controversial today, but the way we vote has been evolving since the nation’s founding. 
2/7 Congress set a single day for presidential voting in 1845. Earlier, states set election days, spanning a 34-day period. Tuesday was chosen to accommodate farmers traveling from remote areas who worshipped on Sunday; November because the harvest was completed.
3/7 Absentee voting has been allowed in wartime. Civil War soldiers mailed ballots home or cast ballots from the battlefield. During WW2, troops overseas were permitted to vote absentee. Presidents of those eras, Lincoln and FDR, hoped to win the soldier vote.
Wisconsin's spring election is happening today. With so much uncertainty surrounding this election, here are some answers to our most commonly asked questions for voting today. #WisconsinPrimary #WisconsinPandemicVoting #COVID19
1. My polling place moved, where can I find my polling place?
You can look up your polling place on MyVote.wi.gov. Note: Many polling places has moved so please double-check before you head out to vote.
You can look up your polling place on MyVote.wi.gov. Note: Many polling places has moved so please double-check before you head out to vote.
2. I still have my absentee ballot, can I still turn it in?
Yes! You have two options. You can get your ballot postmarked today OR drop it at your polling place or clerk’s office by 8pm. Drop boxes are available in some areas (check with clerk for location and deadlines).
Yes! You have two options. You can get your ballot postmarked today OR drop it at your polling place or clerk’s office by 8pm. Drop boxes are available in some areas (check with clerk for location and deadlines).
ACS President @russfeingold released the following statement in response to the recent court decisions limiting absentee voting extensions in Wisconsin amid the #COVID19 pandemic: bit.ly/2V94siH #WisconsinPrimary 1/4
“Free and fair elections are the bedrock of our democracy, and Americans should not have to make the terrible choice between their health and their right to vote as they are being forced to do today in Wisconsin." 2/4
"ACS will be watching to ensure that states live up to their obligation to provide their citizens a meaningful opportunity to exercise their rights in 2020 and beyond." 3/4
Today is Primary Day in Wisconsin. Of the usual ~180 polling locations in Milwaukee, there are only about 5 today. #WisconsinPrimary (follow my journey to vote)
My polling location is an hour walk away. I could not find a bus that goes there. I don’t drive. So I’m walking #WisconsinPrimary
I have packed snacks, a book, water, an umbrella (it’s suppose to start raining at 3pm), hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, and a scarf as a makeshift mask 😷 #WisconsinPrimary
Wisconsin GOP officials knew concerns about public health risks and voter disenfranchisement, yet they wielded power in courts to force state to hold primary in pandemic.
Thread will document many of problems at polling places. #WisconsinPrimary #coronavirus
Thread will document many of problems at polling places. #WisconsinPrimary #coronavirus
Here is a line at one of only five polling places open in Milwaukee. Polling place were consolidated from 180 sites to five.
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Line at Waukesha polling place. This is the only place where residents can vote. The city's population is over 70,000.
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Next #FreedomRoadPodcast episode, recorded in collaboration with @PantsuitPolitic! Listen in on both platforms #tomorrow as Lisa, Beth and Sarah talk COVID-19, sci-fi movies canaries in mines and one hard question: What will alliance w/ WOC require of White women in 2020?
NOTE: #COVID-19 stats by race were released last week. The stats make three things clear: 1) Media reporting has been white-centered 2) The impact of COVID is racialized and 3) response to COVID is being politicized. #WisconsinPrimary #HealthDisparities Imprisoned w/ Coronavirus.
To understand what’s happening in Wisconsin, check out this fabulous thread by @PantsuitPolitic:
While Judge William Conley declined to postpone the #WisconsinPrimary, he certainly did not suggest that Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Republican-controlled legislature, and Wisconsin Elections Commission are making right decision to push onward with election. #COVID19Pandemic
Conley ordered modest relief for voters, & wrote, "Contrary to the view of at least dozen other states, as well as consensus of medical experts across the country as to gathering of large groups of people, [Wisconsin] appears determined to proceed with in-person election..."
Staff working for Wisconsin Elections Commission face "increasing COVID-19 risks, loss of poll workers due to age, fears, or sickness, resulting consolidation of polling locations, and inadequate resources." #COVID19Pandemic
Add Joe Biden and his campaign staff to the list of individuals, who will be at fault if voters or polling/election staff contract the virus during #WisconsinPrimary on April 7. #coronavirus
On top of that, Biden says he's opposed to vote-by-mail. Why is that?
Is it because he knows Wisconsin doesn't have a system to support everyone voting absentee and there will be massive disenfranchisement?
This is wild and indefensible. #WisconsinPrimary
Is it because he knows Wisconsin doesn't have a system to support everyone voting absentee and there will be massive disenfranchisement?
This is wild and indefensible. #WisconsinPrimary
People who support moving the #WisconsinPrimary date: Bernie Sanders, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee
People who support encouraging voters to go out to polls in pandemic: Joe Biden, Governor Tony Evers, Wisconsin Republicans #coronavirus
People who support encouraging voters to go out to polls in pandemic: Joe Biden, Governor Tony Evers, Wisconsin Republicans #coronavirus
