Posted on 04/11/2020 6:02:41 AM PDT by PBRCat
Gov. Tony Evers is considering postponing a special election in May for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District after Wisconsin officials took heat nationally this week for holding an election in the middle of a pandemic.
Evers' chief legal counsel Ryan Nilsestuen told reporters Friday moving the date of the special election in the 7th Congressional District "is something that we're taking a close look at" a month before the May 12 contest is set to take place.
But neither candidate wants to see the date of the election moved.
"Unfortunately, Governor Evers has decided to play politics at every turn of this election, leaving the people of Northern and Western Wisconsin without representation during one of the most trying times in recent history," Tiffany said. "If it weren’t for his bungling of the process, the 7th district might already have a member of congress fighting for them."
“This congressional district has been without representation for too long," Zunker said. "Moving to a mail-in election allows Wisconsinites to safely exercise their fundamental right to vote.”
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This Congressional seat has been vacant since September of 2019. An earlier special election set for January, 2020 was canceled because the date selected did not permit sufficient time for military absentee ballots to be issued.
Is mass transit still running in the state?
If the state can permit mass transpo, it can bloody well hold an election.
Enough already!!!
Interesting - the Dems are scared Shiiteless that Trump will postpone the November election...so I’m surprised to see this going on.
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