Wisconsin officials mull November absentee voting changes

May 19, 2020 1:42 pm Leave a comment

a lone voter takes part in early voting in Milwaukee. The Supreme Court deals with churning election rules in several states less than a month from November's voting, blocking voter ID laws in Wisconsin while siding with Republicans for stricter rules in North Carolina and Ohio. In Texas, a federal court strikes down a voter ID law, but the state may still appeal that ruling. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Wisconsin officials are working on new tracking technology for absentee ballots and considering a host of other changes to improve the state's vote-by-mail process ahead of the November presidential election, according to a new report.

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Officials: 7 virus cases appear related to in-person voting

April 21, 2020 1:52 pm Leave a comment

People vote at Riverside High School, in Milwaukee on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The Wisconsin primary is moving forward in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic after Gov. Tony Evers sought to shut down Tuesday's election in a historic move Monday that was swiftly rejected by the conservative majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by the end of the day. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Health officials in Wisconsin said they have identified at least seven people who appear to have contracted the coronavirus from participating in the April 7 election, the first such cases following in-person voting that was held despite widespread concern about the public health risks.

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Milwaukee election officials’ Zoom meeting briefly hacked

April 13, 2020 6:53 am Leave a comment

An unidentified user briefly hacked into the Milwaukee Election Commission’s Zoom meeting on Sunday and took over the screen to share graphic images, including vulgar words and pornography.

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In Wisconsin, missing absentees spur questions and anger

April 9, 2020 1:15 pm Leave a comment

The U.S. Postal Service and election officials searched for answers Thursday about why an untold number of absentee ballots never made it to voters in Wisconsin who didn't want to risk contracting the coronavirus by voting at the polls in the state's presidential primary.

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Pandemic politics: Wisconsin voting underway despite virus

April 7, 2020 1:34 pm Leave a comment

Robert Forrestal, left, wears a full face chemical shield to protect against the spread of coronavirus, as he votes Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at the Janesville Mall in Janesville, Wis. Hundreds of voters in Wisconsin are waiting in line to cast ballots at polling places for the state's presidential primary election, ignoring a stay-at-home order over the coronavirus threat. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

Voters lined up to cast ballots across Wisconsin on Tuesday, ignoring a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in the state's presidential primary election.

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Judge won’t delay Wisconsin election but extends voting

April 3, 2020 7:39 am Leave a comment

Katherine Katsekes, and Diane Scott, both paid volunteers, help sort absentee ballots by ward on Tuesday at Brookfield City Hall. (Rick Wood/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

A federal judge on Thursday declined to postpone Wisconsin's presidential primary as the coronavirus spreads, but he ordered that people be given an extra six days beyond Tuesday's election for absentee voting.

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Municipalities lack enough workers for in-person voting

March 31, 2020 10:38 am Leave a comment

Dan Chase steps out of a voting booth on Nov. 6, 2018, in Hamilton’s Town Hall in West Salem. A judge's recent ruling to purge as many 234,000 voter registrations in this swing state had Democrats vowing on Monday to redouble their efforts to make sure anyone kicked off the rolls is able to re-register before the 2020 presidential election. (Peter Thomson/La Crosse Tribune via AP, File)

More than 100 municipalities lack enough poll workers to offer any in-person voting on Election Day, a survey state elections officials released Tuesday suggests.