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President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin through the coronavirus briefing on the White Home on Tuesday.
Milwaukee confirms coronavirus circumstances after Wisconsin’s elections.
Two weeks after Republicans in Wisconsin’s State Legislature pressured the state to carry in-person elections, Milwaukee well being officers introduced the primary circumstances of voters testing constructive for the coronavirus.
Milwaukee officers mentioned that six individuals who voted within the elections and one ballot employee had examined constructive for the virus, seeming to validate the warnings of state public well being officers who had mentioned that in-person voting within the April 7 elections might put lives in danger.
Whereas Wisconsin Republicans have mentioned that they’ve no real interest in making voting by mail simpler for the November common election, Milwaukee aldermen on Tuesday voted unanimously to ship ballots to each registered voter within the metropolis — a transfer that would enhance turnout within the predominately Democratic metropolis. It’s more likely to be met by authorized challenges from Republicans.
Within the meantime, Wisconsin is about to carry one more in-person vote, a Could 12 particular election to fill a Home seat from the a part of the state generally known as Up North. Plans are for polls to open in 20 counties, as they did statewide this month.
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