Wisconsin primary set to go ahead Tuesday after courts block attempts to delay voting due to coronavirus

CNN — Wisconsin’s primary will go forward Tuesday, with polling places opening for in-person voting and absentee ballots required to be postmarked by Election Day, after courts halted Democratic efforts to delay the primary and extend the deadline for ballots to be returned by mail. “In this time of historic crisis, it is a shame that two branches of government in this state chose to pass the buck instead of taking responsibility for the health and safety of the people we were elected to serve.” Voters will decide on Tuesday the state’s Democratic presidential primary between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, as well as a general elections for a state Supreme Court seat and a host of local offices. “I have been advised by public health experts at the Department of Health Services that despite the heroic efforts and good work of our local election officials, poll workers, and national guard troops, there is not a sufficiently safe way to administer in-person voting tomorrow.” Visit CNN’s Election Center for full coverage of the 2020 race Asked at a news conference Monday about why he believed he now had the legal authority to move the primary, Evers said circumstances had changed. Evers and Republican leaders of the state legislature had long resisted calls to move the state’s election, which also features a battle for a state Supreme Court seat that could determine the outcome of a voting rights case in which more than 240,000 voters could be removed from the state’s rolls ahead of November’s general election.