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To say almost anything about Wisconsin’s pandemic-era election would be an understatement. So we will let our coverage, and the top stories from our indefatigable media partners, speak for itself. The election is far from over, particularly since a court order says results cannot be released until 4 p.m. Monday.
Top stories
Return to sender: Post office investigates Wisconsin absentee ballots that were never mailed —Wisconsin Watch/WPR/WisContext
Wisconsin’s pandemic election: Long waits, face masks as voters go to polls — Wisconsin Watch/ The Cap Times
Their Wisconsin ballots never arrived. So they risked a pandemic. Or stayed home. — Wisconsin Watch
Portraits of a pandemic: Milwaukee voters go to the polls — Wisconsin Watch
Braving the ballot box: Here’s what Milwaukee residents, political organizers say about voting during the coronavirus —Milwaukee Neighborhood News
Vos explains wearing full PPE at polls, Tuesday video received national attention — Journal Times
Wisconsin now waits for the spring election results — and then the lawsuits — Wisconsin State Journal
Asian Americans grow fearful of xenophobic attacks, especially in small communities — Appleton Post-Crescent
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Government updates
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
U.S. Centers and Disease Control and Prevention
Live updates
Live blog from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and USA Today-Wisconsin reporters
Photos from the Wisconsin State Journal show how the virus affects Wisconsin
Live blog from Wisconsin Public Radio reporters.
Quotable
From Rick Hasen, a professor specializing in election law at the University of California-Irvine’s School of Law:
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsI remember looking at pictures of voters queued up to vote with face masks during the 1918 flu pandemic and thinking how otherworldly they were.
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 8, 2020
And now we are back again. https://t.co/s5a4nd3A44
Stats to note
From our partners at WisContext:
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Appleton coronavirus help: Lawrence University donates protective equipment to city health care workers, first responders — Appleton Post-Crescent
Dan Simmons, a writer in Milwaukee, tweeted:
From Wisconsin State Journal photographer John Hart:
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