Technical Glitch May Cause Big Delays In Counting Absentee Ballots In Outagamie County, Wisconsin
The stage may already be set for big delays in counting absentee ballots in one Wisconsin county.
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The stage may already be set for big delays in counting absentee ballots in one Wisconsin county.
Kenosha County prosecutors have charged Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois, with fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber during a protest over a police shooting in August. They've also charged him with wounding a third man, Gaige Grosskreutz.
Wisconsin braced Monday for an Election Day unlike any other, with record numbers of votes recorded before polls opened on Tuesday and President Donald Trump planning one last campaign stop as he tries to duplicate his 2016 victory.
A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday showed Biden with a 5-point lead over Trump among likely voters, 48% to 43%. Since May, Biden has held a 5-point lead over Trump, plus or minus 1 point, in the poll.
There are growing concerns about voting in Wisconsin, a key swing state.
Wisconsin posted a record 5,262 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday along with 64 deaths, and the positivity rate has climbed above 25 percent.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Wisconsin cannot count mailed-in ballots received after Election Day, siding with Republicans.
Oprah is using her voice to get people to vote ahead of the 2020 election.
Since the beginning of the year, the two were drawing in victims to a scheme prosecutors said landed them more than $85,000 in other people's money. The most recent case on Saturday night.
Two women from Wisconsin were in police custody Monday night, accused of targeting men near bars in River North this past weekend.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday that President Donald Trump and his allies in Illinois are partly to blame for the coronavirus spike in the state.
A group of activists is suing Kyle Rittenhouse and Facebook over deadly violence in Kenosha in August.
Wisconsin hit a new record number of COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 3,747 new cases.
The Democratic governor's order, issued by Evers-appointee Palm last week, limited the number of customers in many indoor establishment to 25% of capacity.
The order mandates the wearing of masks starting for anyone aged 5 and up in all enclosed spaces except at home through Nov. 21.
The State of Wisconsin on Sunday reported 2,676 new COVID-19 cases, along with seven new deaths.
Lake County Judge Paul Novak scheduled an Oct. 30 hearing for arguments on Kyle Rittenhouse's bid to avoid extradition to Wisconsin.
If the ruling survives an appeal, absentee ballots in Wisconsin will have to arrive at election clerks' offices by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 if they are to be counted.
"Wisconsin is what happens when you politicize public health," Lightfoot said Wednesday.
Right now, Wisconsin's seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is nearly 2,400.
Wisconsin reported another 1,865 new coronavirus cases on Sunday – fewer than recent days, but still more than Illinois despite far fewer tests.
Coronavirus cases continued to spike Saturday in Wisconsin, with a total of 2,892 cases recorded for the day.
A sport-utility vehicle crashed into a gas station on Sheridan Road in Kenosha early Saturday.
COVID-19 cases continue to spike in Wisconsin, with 2,887 new cases on Thursday.
