Republicans Tried to Use the Coronavirus to Steal a Wisconsin Supreme Court Election. The Liberal Challenger Just Won Anyway.
Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Jill Karofsky, the liberal challenger in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, has unseated conservative Supreme Court justice Dan Kelly in an election that almost wasn’t held at all. Though many states have postponed their elections during the…
How Republicans Exploited the Coronavirus to Steal a Wisconsin Election
Voters masked against coronavirus line up at Riverside High School for Wisconsin’s primary election Tuesday April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee. Morry Gash/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.To understand how Wisconsin found itself in the insane position of holding critical elections in the middle of a deadly…
Despite Coronavirus Lockdown, Wisconsin Republicans Insist on an Election that Will Disenfranchise Thousands
Workers outside the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building in Milwaukee, March 30, 2020. Morry Gash/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.While ten states with primary contests originally scheduled this month have delayed them or switched to all-mail voting, Wisconsin, the lone exception, is moving ahead with its…
As the Coronavirus Spreads, Democrats Roll out Postal Voting Plans
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire Congressional Democrats are pushing for nationwide access to vote-by-mail and early voting in response to the spread of the coronavirus. And while lawmakers have introduced legislation to address the havoc the pandemic has had and will have on voting, they say that they’re running into the same partisan wall that…
An Urgent Call to Make Voting Simpler and Fairer: “The Safest Way to Vote Is From Your Home”
Charles Rex Arbogast/AP On a day when four states were scheduled to hold their presidential primary elections, the coronavirus outbreak has threatened a key pillar of our democracy: the right to safely cast a ballot. While Ohio has postponed in-person voting slated for today, three other states—Arizona, Florida, and Illinois—are proceeding, raising concerns among voting…
No, Voter Fraud Is Not the Biggest Threat to Democracy
Jeff Malet/Newscom/Zuma Nearly a quarter of Americans believe that the biggest threat to safe and secure elections is voter fraud, according to a new NPR poll. But despite President Donald Trump’s false claims that “millions of people…voted illegally” in the 2016 presidential elections, voter fraud almost never happens. In fact, an individual is more likely…