Many had to choose between risking their health in the virusudbruddet or give up their right to vote.
After a failed attempt in 11. time to get exposed the Democratic primaries in Wisconsin were voters on Tuesday have to brave the coronaviruspandemien to cast their vote in the united states.
Several residents had as a result of virusudbruddet requested to be allowed to vote by proxy, but since they never received their ballot, they were forced to choose between risking their health or give up their right to vote.
– I know of several others who also never received their ballot papers, says the 35-year-old Jennifer Archer, as wearing mask and gloves gave his vote in Milwaukee.
We had the opportunity to come out and hope for the best or not to vote in this election. But the latter I regarded not at all as an option, she says to news agency Reuters.
In Milwaukee were only five of the 180 polling stations open on Tuesday because of the lack of election officials.
Outside of Riverside High School was voters in the queue wearing face masks and at a distance of 1.8 meters from each other.
In Green Bay sat the polling staff behind the glass-plastic panes, while valgmyndighederne in Madison called on voters to bring their own pen.
The increasing coronapandemi have exposed a long series of Democratic primaries across the UNITED states.
At least 15 states postponed their primaries, which will determine which democrat to be up against the incumbent republican president, Donald Trump, to the elections in november.
the Race for the democratic nomination is effectively boiled down to a duel between former vice president Joe Biden and the left-wing senator Bernie Sanders.
Monday required This democratic governor, Tony Evers, to Tuesday’s primaries were postponed as a result of coronavirusset.
But later the same day, ruled the state supreme court that Evers does not have the necessary authority to move the primary election. Thus were the elections carried out as planned.
on Tuesday morning local time, records from the authorities in Wisconsin, to around 9400 brevstemmesedler never reached the voters.
– the Word frustrating, it covers not a time, says madison’s democratic mayor, Satya Rhodes-Conway, to Reuters.
According to CNN, the votes from Tuesday’s primaries in Wisconsin will not be counted up until at least the 13. april.
on Monday evening u.s. time, there were 2511 confirmed smittetilfælde in the state and 85 coronarelaterede deaths.
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