Rescheduled Contests Megathread

[Lisa's voting Biden]

Gov. Little of Idaho has effectively extended the statewide primary for Idaho (originally set May 19) to June 2. May 19 serves as the deadline to register to vote or request a ballot, but June 2 is now the deadline for ballots to be received by the county clerk and is the earliest time for results to be posted.

https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/127/2020/04/proclamation_elections_040120.pdf

[Panhandle Progressive]

https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1245003801918156800

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490580-wisconsin-to-use-national-guard-members-to-work-polls-during-april

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1245003801918156800

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490580-wisconsin-to-use-national-guard-members-to-work-polls-during-april

Alternatively, Bernie could just drop out so people don't have to risk their lives.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1245003801918156800

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490580-wisconsin-to-use-national-guard-members-to-work-polls-during-april

Alternatively, Bernie could just drop out so people don't have to risk their lives.

There are other races on the ballot besides the presidential primary.

[Gass3268]

Crossposting here:

Election will not be delayed

However there will be some changes:

https://twitter.com/lkwhite/status/1245813837707849728?s=20

Not sure when we will get results released.

[brucejoel99]

Crossposting here:

Election will not be delayed

However there will be some changes:

https://twitter.com/lkwhite/status/1245813837707849728?s=20

Not sure when we will get results released.

Good that the stupid witness signature requirement has been eliminated, that people are now allowed to turn in their ballot by the 13th, & that the absentee ballot application deadline has been extended by another 24 hours.

There's really not much of a need to vote in person, but I'm sure some Berners will still manage to spread conspiracies anyway for no other reason than they're demoralized by losing in 2020.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Let's not forget that the WI Supreme Court race is taking place on the same day.  The increased Dem turnout was supposed to be the silver lining to Sanders staying in this late, whether you support him or not.

[Gass3268]

Let's not forget that the WI Supreme Court race is taking place on the same day.  The increased Dem turnout was supposed to be the silver lining to Sanders staying in this late, whether you support him or not.

Agreed, still might work too, even with all the COVID-19 craziness.

[Erc]

The Puerto Rico Primary (that had been rescheduled for April 26) has now been postponed indefinitely.

[Tender Branson]

Hopefully no poll workers will show up on Tuesday for the WI primary, so that this „election“ will be invalidated and held in 3 months.

[Gass3268]

Hopefully no poll workers will show up on Tuesday for the WI primary, so that this „election“ will be invalidated and held in 3 months.

That's not going to happen. The National Guard is going to fill in the vacant slots.

[Gass3268]

Also, no results until 4/13:

https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/1246112106900045824?s=20

[Mr. Morden]

Last minute push for a postponement:

https://twitter.com/mviser/status/1246147967322599424

[Mr. Morden]

More here:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/03/tony-evers-calls-lawmakers-into-session-stop-person-voting/2940156001/

The lawmakers are unlikely to take the action Evers wants but haven't yet said Friday whether they'll make the changes the governor is requesting.

Both GOP leaders of the state Legislature have repeatedly said they consider in-person voting to be safe despite thousands of people expected at some polling locations as clerks consolidate amid a massive shortage of workers.

"If you are bored at home and sick of watching Netlfix, volunteer to go and help at the polls," Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Wednesday.

[brucejoel99]

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/03/tony-evers-calls-lawmakers-into-session-stop-person-voting/2940156001/

"If you are bored at home and sick of watching Netlfix, volunteer to go and help at the polls," Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Wednesday.

This piece of sh*t is actively trying to get people killed just to spite Evers.

[Mr. Morden]

https://twitter.com/ZachMontellaro/status/1246232218168631297

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https://twitter.com/ZachMontellaro/status/1246232218168631297

Thanks, Obama for appointing this jackass as judge.

[Tender Branson]

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/03/tony-evers-calls-lawmakers-into-session-stop-person-voting/2940156001/

"If you are bored at home and sick of watching Netlfix, volunteer to go and help at the polls," Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Wednesday.

This piece of sh*t is actively trying to get people killed just to spite Evers.

Should be charged with attempted murder.

[Mr. Morden]

The story I linked to earlier has been updated:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/03/tony-evers-calls-lawmakers-into-session-stop-person-voting/2940156001/

The GOP leaders instead criticized Evers for also calling for the election to move to May 19 — a reversal from pushing to keep the election date in place — and not asking them to take action before Friday.  

"Hundreds of thousands of workers are going to their jobs every day, serving in essential roles in our society. There’s no question that an election is just as important as getting take-out food," Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said in a statement.

But Fitzgerald and Vos had no answer to how local election officials are supposed to keep people safe as a massive shortage of poll workers has resulted in the closure or reduction of polling locations, forcing more people to vote at a single site. 

Milwaukee election officials said Friday they only had enough poll workers to open five voting locations for Tuesday's election, which could draw as many as 50,000 voters — putting thousands at risk of infection. 

This seems like a likely preview of what’ll happen in November, if the coronavirus is still enough of a risk to merit more voting by mail.  We’ve had threads here asking if Trump will use the coronavirus to try to delay the November election, but that seems backwards.  It’s in Trump’s interest to go ahead with the election so long as enough state legislatures don’t make it easier to vote by mail.  That’s because urban areas seem more likely to have coronavirus related problems with in-person voting like Milwaukee is having now than do rural areas, where GOP voters live in higher numbers.

Also worth noting that one reason why the GOP has a stronger interest in taking this stand in Wisconsin than they do in other states trying to delay primaries is that this election in Wisconsin isn’t just a primary.  It’s also a general election for judicial offices.  If it was just a primary, then the Wisconsin GOP wouldn’t have such incentives to block a delay in the election date.

[Mr. Morden]

The WI legislature convened today for the special session, but then immediately closed the session without acting on an election delay:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/04/wisconsin-republicans-reject-tuesday-primary-delay-164911

Republicans on Saturday gaveled into a special session called by Evers then immediately closed the session without taking action. Republicans indicated they had adjourned until Monday.

It is now up to the governor to try to find other emergency measures to delay the election. Evers suggested on Friday that he would attempt to do so.

“If they take no action, we’ll be looking at whatever action we can take," Evers said. “We will continue to find ways to make sure Wisconsinites are safe, and that’s the bottom line.”

But Evers is quickly running out of options. Mayors across the state have pleaded for a delay, amid a severe shortage of poll workers sicked by coronavirus or fearful of contamination. The shortages has meant the closure of polling sites, including in minority areas of Milwaukee.

In fact, not only are they not going to delay the election, but they’re also appealing to SCOTUS to stop the extension of absentee voting:

https://twitter.com/shermancourt/status/1246559678395490304

[Progressive Pessimist]

If Wisconsin votes to re-elect Trump this November, it will be a close second behind Florida when it comes to the states that I have the most ire for.

[brucejoel99]

The WI legislature convened today for the special session, but then immediately closed the session without acting on an election delay:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/04/wisconsin-republicans-reject-tuesday-primary-delay-164911

Republicans on Saturday gaveled into a special session called by Evers then immediately closed the session without taking action. Republicans indicated they had adjourned until Monday.

It is now up to the governor to try to find other emergency measures to delay the election. Evers suggested on Friday that he would attempt to do so.

“If they take no action, we’ll be looking at whatever action we can take," Evers said. “We will continue to find ways to make sure Wisconsinites are safe, and that’s the bottom line.”

But Evers is quickly running out of options. Mayors across the state have pleaded for a delay, amid a severe shortage of poll workers sicked by coronavirus or fearful of contamination. The shortages has meant the closure of polling sites, including in minority areas of Milwaukee.

In fact, not only are they not going to delay the election, but they’re also appealing to SCOTUS to stop the extension of absentee voting:

https://twitter.com/shermancourt/status/1246559678395490304

Republicans are so "pro-life" that they're endangering voters by having them all together to vote in-person in the middle of a pandemic.

[Duke of York]

The story I linked to earlier has been updated:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/03/tony-evers-calls-lawmakers-into-session-stop-person-voting/2940156001/

The GOP leaders instead criticized Evers for also calling for the election to move to May 19 — a reversal from pushing to keep the election date in place — and not asking them to take action before Friday.  

"Hundreds of thousands of workers are going to their jobs every day, serving in essential roles in our society. There’s no question that an election is just as important as getting take-out food," Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said in a statement.

But Fitzgerald and Vos had no answer to how local election officials are supposed to keep people safe as a massive shortage of poll workers has resulted in the closure or reduction of polling locations, forcing more people to vote at a single site. 

Milwaukee election officials said Friday they only had enough poll workers to open five voting locations for Tuesday's election, which could draw as many as 50,000 voters — putting thousands at risk of infection. 

This seems like a likely preview of what’ll happen in November, if the coronavirus is still enough of a risk to merit more voting by mail.  We’ve had threads here asking if Trump will use the coronavirus to try to delay the November election, but that seems backwards.  It’s in Trump’s interest to go ahead with the election so long as enough state legislatures don’t make it easier to vote by mail.  That’s because urban areas seem more likely to have coronavirus related problems with in-person voting like Milwaukee is having now than do rural areas, where GOP voters live in higher numbers.

Also worth noting that one reason why the GOP has a stronger interest in taking this stand in Wisconsin than they do in other states trying to delay primaries is that this election in Wisconsin isn’t just a primary.  It’s also a general election for judicial offices.  If it was just a primary, then the Wisconsin GOP wouldn’t have such incentives to block a delay in the election date.

It probably isnt going to be as big an issue in November as it is now

[Mr. Morden]

https://twitter.com/ZachMontellaro/status/1246867243239178249

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/natashakorecki/status/1246853673784938501