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Written by Michail Li
"Gerrymandering has real-world policy consequences, but rarely have those been as frighteningly illustrated than with what has played out in Wisconsin the past several days.

With the coronavirus ravaging the state, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers asked lawmakers last Friday to switch the state’s April elections to an all-mail election, warning that in-person voting in the middle of a pandemic would be “a very unnecessary public health risk.” Others called for postponement of the election from April to June, and election officials around the state reported difficulties recruiting enough poll workers to safely run an election.

But Wisconsin Republicans were eager for a hotly contested state Supreme Court election to take place. And with a near supermajority in the state assembly thanks to one of the most aggressive gerrymanders in U.S. history, they ignored calls to postpone the elections, dismissively convening and then adjourning the special legislative session called by the governor in just 17 seconds.

The result on Tuesday were long lines in Milwaukee, where only five polling places in the whole city were open. Republicans could act brazenly without fear of electoral blowback because gerrymandered maps make it virtually impossible for them to ever lose their legislative majority..."
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Gerrymandering Meets the Coronavirus in Wisconsin

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Partisan voting district lines were an obstacle to delaying the election, putting voters’ health at risk.

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Experts say face masks can help slow COVID-19, despite previous claims

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To mask or not to mask, that is the question. But scientists now think you may want to put a face mask on it after all — if you have one. Their advice is laid out in a new report in Scie...

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