Zac Schultz

Wardens from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are closing off the entrances to state parks and recreation areas. Just a few days earlier people were parking on the road and rubbing shoulder-to-shoulder on the paths, in clear violation of any social distancing rules.

Dr. Marin Darsie watched the spread of the coronavirus long before it reached Wisconsin. She works in an emergency room and specializes in neurocritical care. And she worries that compelling people to congregate, as they do at polling places, could provide a vector for the spread of COVID-19.

Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order suspending Wisconsin’s spring election just 18 hours before the polls were set to open.

U.S. District Judge William Conley has ruled that he does not have the authority to delay Wisconsin's spring 2020 election.