One decade ago a secret Republican project dismantled democracy in Wisconsin. Tuesday's moral failure of an election was the latest side effect. Via @srl https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/10/wisconsin-voter-restrictions-democracy-coronavirus-primary
Wisconsin: the state where American democracy went to die

The state’s holding of a primary during a pandemic is just the latest example of Republicans’ unabashed bid to keep power through redrawn maps and voter restrictions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/10/wisconsin-voter-restrictions-democracy-coronavirus-primary
We went all in on Wisconsin this week. This brilliant op-ed by @donmoyn is a warning for November: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/10/wisconsin-election-coronavirus-republicans-november
Wisconsin's vote in time of coronavirus is Republicans' blueprint for November | Donald Moynihan

The party showed that in its project to maintain power at all costs the lives of voters amid a pandemic are expendable

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/10/wisconsin-election-coronavirus-republicans-november
And here the inimitable @davedaley3 lays out the stakes -- for people's lives, not politics https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/10/wisconsin-primary-coronavirus-republican-voting-by-mail
Wisconsin proves it: Republicans will sacrifice voters' health to keep power

The deliberate chaos and unthinkable images from the state’s primary marked Republicans’ dress rehearsal for November

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/10/wisconsin-primary-coronavirus-republican-voting-by-mail
On Tuesday @srl detailed the unprecedented election failures in the state https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/07/wisconsin-votes-controversial-election-coronavirus-us-election-2020
Wisconsin voters go to the polls in controversial election

Presidential and local elections proceed after governor tried to cancel in-person voting due to coronavirus, and was overruled by state supreme court

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/07/wisconsin-votes-controversial-election-coronavirus-us-election-2020
And on Monday, we published a deep analysis of Wisconsin's would-be voter purge https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/06/wisconsin-voter-purges-black-student-populations-risk
Revealed: Wisconsin's black and student populations at highest risk of voter purges

Guardian analysis finds those expected to vote Democrat nearly twice as likely to be flagged for removal from voting rolls

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/06/wisconsin-voter-purges-black-student-populations-risk
TL;DR: We should be very concerned about Wisconsin, where just a fraction of people were able to vote, and the validity of our election this year. The virus has only further exposed the cracks in this system.
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