Long lines and frustration as Wisconsinites brave voting amid pandemic


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  • Tuesday, 07 Apr 2020

FILE PHOTO: Mar 12, 2020; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; General view outside the Fiserv Forum where the Democratic National Convention is to be held. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Despite a last-minute court battle and a stay-at-home order, thousands of Wisconsin voters on Tuesday braved the coronavirus outbreak to wait six feet apart in lines for hours and cast ballots in the state's presidential primary and local elections.

Some Wisconsinites who had requested absentee ballots said they never received them, forcing them to choose between risking their health to cast a ballot in person or forgoing their right to vote.

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