By Sam Levine, The Guardian
As states across the U.S. delay their primary elections in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin is so far staying the course — and finds itself in complete disarray.
In Milwaukee, home to around 300,000 registered voters, there will be just five election day polling locations, instead of the usual 180.
“We are over our heads in chaos right now,” a Milwaukee election official said. “The level of public confusion will be so rampant and the access to voting will be so limited.”
Meanwhile, using aggressive public messaging, Wisconsin has successfully convinced more than 1.2 of its 3.3 million voters to request a mail-in ballot, as of last Friday (Apr. 3). That is without precedent — in its 2016 spring election, the state issued just under 250,000 absentee (mail-in) ballots.
To read more, and to see a graphic representation of the demand for absentee ballots, click on the headline.