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Wisconsin Election Officials Delay Decision on Sending Absentee Ballots to All Voters

Friday, May 22nd, 2020 -- 9:16 AM

(AP) -Wisconsin election officials delayed a decision Wednesday on whether to mail absentee ballot applications to voters who haven’t requested one, a move that could incur the President’s wrath after he threatened to pull funding from other states that have adopted similar measures.

Democrats and Republicans on the Wisconsin Elections Commission split on how many people should get the ballot applications. Democrats on the commission wanted to send ballot applications to 2.7 million voters, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Dean Knudson, the Republican chairman of the commission, showed support for sending the applications to some voters, but not as many voters as Democrats on the panel want. “We’re all on board with the concept,” Knudson said. “We’ll come together on it. I’m pretty sure we will.” The commission, made up of three Republicans and three Democrats, meets again in about a week.

The commission staff has recommended spending $2.1 million from the federal coronavirus relief bill to send ballot applications to 2.7 million voters. The proposal comes two days after advocates for the disabled and minorities filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to order that the commission send absentee applications to all voters to ensure the state’s August primary and November presidential elections can be held safely in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

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