In his primetime address on Tuesday, Governor Tony Evers used his time on the air to introduce a new executive order to curb Wisconsin’s recent surge of COVID-19. “Our case numbers continue to climb. Since just last Friday, we’ve added more than 25,000 new cases. It took us seven and a half months to get […]
A Difficult Choice: Democracy or Health
Kelli Larson works for the State of Wisconsin as a tax analyst. Yesterday, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Larson served as a poll worker for the first time. According to the Madison Clerk’s Office, the city had about 1,400 workers show up yesterday, while more than 1,700 decided not to work due to […]
Some Madisonians Risk Health to Vote, Others Won’t Be Counted
Ellie Bruecker is a doctoral student at UW-Madison who lives on the city’s east side. She is also what she describes as an “attempted voter.” Like many Wisconsinites who’ve been practicing social distancing in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, Bruecker requested an absentee ballot to participate in today’s presidential primary. Last week, federal Judge […]
Rick Hasen on Wisconsin Elections
A swift legal battle took place yesterday over Governor Tony Evers’ order to postpone today’s presidential primary in Wisconsin. That order was quickly overturned by the state Supreme Court yesterday, which was followed in turn by another ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that affected Wisconsin’s elections. In order to learn more about yesterday’s legal […]
Howard Schweber on Wisconsin Primary
The status of Wisconsin’s presidential primary, originally scheduled for tomorrow, went back and forth throughout today. While Governor Tony Evers issued an order postponing the election, the state Supreme Court blocked that order. To learn more about the day’s rapidly changing action, WORT producer Shaun Soman spoke with Howard Schweber, Professor of American Politics and […]
August 14 Primary Date Effects Madison Student Voters
In 2018, the Wisconsin partisan primary falls on August 14th. Political cynics, or, if you prefer, political realists, have noted that if you wanted to make it difficult for college students to vote, you couldn’t pick a better date than the day tens of thousands of University of Wisconsin students are homeless. Every year, on […]
