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3-20-20 state justice dept. and republican lawmakers push back against relaxing voting laws

todayMarch 19, 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Justice Department and Republican legislators are pushing back against a lawsuit demanding a judge relax absentee voting regulations amid the coronoavirus crisis. Wisconsin’s April 7 election is fast approach but Gov. Tony Evers has refused to postpone it despite social distancing mandates. Democrats filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to lift absentee voting restrictions. Attorneys for the DOJ and Legislature told Judge William Conley during a conference call on Thursday that the Democrats haven’t shown how keeping current rules in place burdens voters. The Democrats’ attorneys countered that Conley just needs to look around to understand the difficulties.

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