By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin Watch
Significant numbers of Milwaukee voters were dissuaded from voting on April 7 by the sharp reduction in polling places and the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic — with the biggest effects seen among black voters, according to a new study.
The study, by the Brennan Center for Justice, found that Milwaukee’s decision to close all but five of its 182 polling places plus the effects of COVID-19 reduced voting among non-black voters in Milwaukee by nearly 10 percent.
Black voters experienced more severe effects: black voter turnout was depressed by just under 16 percent, the researchers estimated.
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