There’s an emergency phone call tonight to discuss COVID-19 relief efforts and the next steps we must take to make sure every voter can safely cast their ballot in the November election.
No one should ever be forced to choose between their health and their right to vote. But that’s exactly what happened in Wisconsin earlier this month.
Warnings from public health experts and pleas from my office to delay the election or expand vote-by-mail were ignored as Republicans voted to proceed with in-person voting in our primary.
Thousands of people waited in line for hours. Voters were scared for their lives yet felt they had no choice but to cast their ballot in-person. This never should have happened, and it can’t happen again in November.