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Skepticism urged as disinformation, voter suppression wash over Wisconsin
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In a top swing state, actors seek to misinform voters to gain advantage and sow chaos; the pandemic has fueled even more ‘information disorder.’
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Postal delays, errors in Wisconsin and other swing states loom over election
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The U.S. Postal Service is not meeting goals for on-time mail delivery, a worrying sign as millions of Americans are expected to vote by mail in November.
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A Wisconsin man with visual impairment tried to vote. The coronavirus got in his way.
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Don Natzke says he was stymied by a series of insurmountable barriers as Wisconsin held its April 7 election in the midst of the pandemic.
Lives on Hold
Following denials, laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities now eligible for federal pandemic aid
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Federal government gives Wisconsin its blessing to reverse a policy that had blocked assistance to jobless workers receiving disability aid.
News414
Defund the police? Milwaukee eyes future amid Black Lives Matter protests, coronavirus budget crunch
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Calls to shift funds from policing to programs that improve quality of life for people of color aren’t new. But this time, more people are listening.
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How Wisconsin’s 23,000 rejected absentee ballots could spell trouble for the November election
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As states move toward mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic, many voters are unfamiliar with how to successfully cast an absentee ballot.
Coronavirus Coverage
Calls for more coronavirus testing as Wisconsin sees ‘significant community spread’
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Wisconsin has dramatically expanded its testing capacity, but experts say too few Wisconsinites are showing up — potentially thwarting efforts to neutralize a virus that killed at least 831 people in the state.
Coronavirus Coverage
Milwaukee Police stay-at-home arrests reveal deep racial disparities
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African Americans make up the majority of residents arrested on charges of violating Milwaukee’s stay-at-home order, data show.
Lives on Hold
As the nation reckons with race, a mother awaits unemployment aid — and Wisconsin officials lack research
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National research shows jobless Black and Latino workers are less likely than white workers to receive aid. Experts say Wisconsin should study the issue.
Lives on Hold
Lives on hold: Pandemic exposes failures of Wisconsin unemployment insurance system
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Wisconsin has failed to deliver unemployment aid to thousands at a time when they most need it. The crisis was years in the making.
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Study: Poll closings, COVID-19 fears, kept many Milwaukee voters away
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The Brennan Center for Justice says Black voters were particularly disenfranchised when the city cut polling places during the pandemic.
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Wisconsin erected barriers to college voters. The pandemic added more.
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For college students living away from home, Wisconsin is one of the hardest places to cast a ballot; pending lawsuits seek to make it easier.