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Voters flock to Wisconsin polls despite coronavirus, video shows

By
Ben Feuerherd
Published April 7, 2020, 2:10 p.m. ET

Voters across Wisconsin flocked to the polls for the state’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday — despite fears of the coronavirus spreading at polling places, video footage shows.

One video clip taken taken at Milwaukee’s Riverside High School shortly before 7 a.m. shows masked-up voters waiting in a line that stretched around several blocks.

Other footage from the Badger State shows a blocks-long line of voters standing about six feet apart waiting to enter yet another polling place.

A similar scene was captured in another video that showed voters standing at a socially distant space in a line that stretched for at least three blocks.

On Monday, the Democratic governor of Wisconsin signed an executive order to delay in-person voting in the primary until June 9.

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Voters wait in line to enter a polling place at Riverside University High School in Wisconsin.
Voters wait in line to enter a polling place at Riverside University High School in Wisconsin.Scott Olson/Getty Image
Residents vote from their vehicles at a drive-up polling place set up outside of Roosevelt Elementary School in Racine.
Residents vote from their vehicles at a drive-up polling place set up outside Roosevelt Elementary School in Racine.Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots at Washington High School in Milwaukee.
Voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots at Washington High School in Milwaukee.AP/Morry Gash
Voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots at Washington High School in Milwaukee.
Voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots at Washington High School in Milwaukee.AP/Morry Gash
Two women sit outside Marshall High School as they vote and mark their ballots for the Wisconsin presidential primary election at Marshall High School in Milwaukee.
Two women sit outside Marshall High School as they mark their ballots for the Wisconsin presidential primary election at Marshall High School in Milwaukee.EPA/TANNEN MAURY
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People line up to vote at Riverside High School during the primary in Milwaukee
People line up to vote at Riverside High School during the primary in Milwaukee.Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP
Robert Forrestal wears a full face chemical shield as he votes at the Janesville Mall.
Robert Forrestal wears a full face chemical shield as he votes at the Janesville Mall.Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP
People wait in line to vote in a Democratic presidential primary election outside the Hamilton High School in Milwaukee.
People wait in line to vote in a Democratic presidential primary outside the Hamilton High School in Milwaukee.KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images
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The state Supreme Court shot down the order later Monday night, ruling 4-2 that Gov. Tony Evers lacked the authority to move the election on his own.

Several poll sites in the state have closed because election volunteers didn’t want to staff them for fear of catching or spreading the virus.

With Post wires