The Wisconsin Department of Health is reporting that 40 people who voted in or worked the April 7 election have since tested positive for COVID-19.
Spokesperson Elizabeth Goodsitt added to TPM on Monday that they can’t be sure that the 40 people were infected at the polls, since some of them reported other interactions as well.
The number has doubled since the DHS’ finding of 19 infected voters and election workers last Tuesday.
The controversial April 7 election was held in-person despite attempts by Gov. Tony Evers (D) and Democrats to have it pushed back. After state Republican lawmakers lodged a challenge to Evers’ executive order delaying the date, the majority-conservative state Supreme Court ordered the election be held as planned.
Photographs of voters standing in long lines and wearing makeshift masks were widely circulated.
In a particularly resonant shot, Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos (R) assured Wisconsinites that voting in person was “incredibly safe,” while clad in head-to-toe protective equipment.
Sorry your voter disenfranchisement scam didn’t work, Robin Vos.
Democracy won.
Visual cognitive dissonance
I like how he had his running shoes on, as well…
Chickenshit GOP’er…
I suspect that it will continue to climb for a while.
Goddamn WI GOP.
I never understood the gown. It looks feeble and paranoid past normal prudence. It certainly did not help his messaging. And then considering his head, hair and neck are uncovered, what was the point.