Appearing by video conference from her home with her son and daughter behind her, Karofsky thanked her family and supporters and decried the decision to hold the election during the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n
The pandemic triggered a record surge of absentee balloting as voters looked for a way to stay at home to prevent themselves and others from getting ill. Many voters have complained they never received their absentee ballots, forcing them to choose between giving up the ability to vote and braving the polls on election day.<\/p>\n
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Republicans were so worried about Kelly\u2019s chances that they considered moving the election so it didn\u2019t fall on the same day as Wisconsin\u2019s presidential primary, when Democratic turnout was expected to be high. They abandoned the plan to move the election amid public opposition.<\/p>\n
By the time election day rolled around, the Democratic presidential primary had largely fizzled and the world was in the grip of the pandemic. The Supreme Court candidates abandoned their in-person campaigning and both sides urged people to vote by mail instead of going to the polls.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The voters were pissed off, big time, by the machinations of the Republican Party to suppress the vote.<\/p>\n
If Democrats don’t see this as a political winner now, they are even more clueless than I had thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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