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(Bloomberg) -- The Wisconsin primary will proceed as scheduled on Tuesday, after the state Supreme Court blocked a last-minute attempt by Governor Tony Evers to delay in-person voting by executive order. More than 1.2 million Wisconsin voters have requested absentee ballots, while polling places have been dramatically reduced. Despite the precautions, Christenson said he was frustrated by the fact that voting could be going ahead on Tuesday, arguing that Republicans were trying to limit Democratic votes in urban areas like Milwaukee in an election with a Supreme Court candidate on the ballot. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The Wisconsin primary will proceed as scheduled on Tuesday, after the state Supreme Court blocked a last-minute attempt by Governor Tony Evers to delay in-person voting by executive order. In a separate blow to Evers on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a deadline for mailing absentee ballots in the primary. That had led to multiple lawsuits, with the state and national GOP seeking to stop the judge's order with the last-minute request to the U.S. Supreme Court. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issued a last-minute executive order on Monday to delay in-person voting in Tuesday's state primary until June 9. With in-person participation still in doubt the day before the election, more than 1.2 million Wisconsin voters have requested absentee ballots, while polling places have been dramatically reduced. [Extracted from the article]