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52 Who Worked Or Voted In Wisconsin Election Have COVID-19

Latest Figures Come 3 Weeks After April 7 Presidential Primary

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Voters stand in a blocks-long line as the Milwaukee city skyline rises in the background
Voters stand in a blocks-long line as the Milwaukee city skyline rises in the background on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The city reduced its usual 180 polling places to five, citing a lack of poll workers willing to staff the election during the pandemic. Voters are seen here lining up for the polling site at Riverside University High School. Coburn Dukehart and Lauren Fuhrmann/Wisconsin Watch

More than 50 people who voted in person or worked the polls during Wisconsin’s election earlier this month have tested positive for COVID-19 so far.

Despite those numbers, there are no plans to move or otherwise alter the 7th Congressional District special election coming in less than two weeks.

The state Department of Health Services reported the latest figures Tuesday, three weeks after the April 7 presidential primary.

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Democratic Gov. Tony Evers tried to move to a mail-order election but was blocked by the Republican Legislature and conservative controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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