What Wisconsin’s Elections Say About the Voting Rights Battle Ahead

Expand A voter wears a mask while waiting to cast ballot. Photo Credit: Associated Press Last week, images of mask-clad voters standing for hours in long, snaking lines at Wisconsin polling stations shocked many across the United States. As we reported last Tuesday, a series of dramatic eleventh-hour events concluded in a chaotic Election Day in which many Wisconsin voters had to choose between risking their health and voting in the national and local races that were held, with fewer resources than ever, in the midst of a pandemic. Media investigations following Election Day have shed more…

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