Wisconsin Supreme Court, on primary eve, blocks governor’s move to suspend in-person voting over coronavirus | Fox News

Wisconsin Supreme Court, on primary eve, blocks governor’s move to suspend in-person voting over coronavirus | Fox News

Wisconsin Supreme Court, on primary eve, blocks governor’s move to suspend in-person voting over coronavirus
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday afternoon shot down a last-minute election-eve push by the state’s governor to suspend in-person voting for the state's scheduled Tuesday primary due to health concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The state's highest court -- which is controlled by conservatives -- ruled 4-2 that Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, lacked the authority to move the election on his own. Hours later, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal district court judge's ruling allowing people voting by absentee ballots an extra week to return their ballots. The ruling by the high court broke along ideological lines, with the five appointed by Republicans overruling the four appointed by Democrats.

Evers previously had resisted delaying the election -- saying he didn't have the authority to move the date -- but on Monday he signed an executive order that would have pushed in-person voting for the April 7 contest to June 9.

With the ruling of the courts, Wisconsin is asking hundreds of thousands of voters to ignore a stay-at-home order to participate in Tuesday's presidential primary election, and the Badger State will become a test case for dozens of states trying to manage an election year in midst of a pandemic. Click here for more.
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