Federal judge declines to postpone Wisconsin’s April 7 primary but extends absentee voting – By Eric Bradner (CNN) / April 2 2020
(CNN)Wisconsin’s primary remains on schedule for Tuesday after a federal judge declined to postpone the contest.
Unlike several other states and territories with April primaries, Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican-led state legislature have not moved or made major changes to the state’s election date amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In a ruling Thursday, US District Judge William Conley did extend the deadline for absentee ballots to be returned from Election Day on April 7 to April 13. He also pushed back the state’s deadline to request absentee ballots from Thursday to Friday, and said the state must also count ballots from those who submit “a written affirmation or other statement” that they weren’t able to get a witness to sign their ballots.
But he did not move the primary despite pleas from mayors and concerns from state and local elections officials about a critical shortage of poll workers that has led Evers to say he’ll deploy the National Guard to staff polling stations.
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