Masked voters and long queues outside the few open polling stations. The Americans of the state of Wisconsin, called to remain confined since the end of March, voted, Tuesday April 7, for the democratic primaries, in full pandemic of coronavirus. In Milwaukee, where nearly 600,000 people live, only five polling stations were able to open due to a lack of assessors.

This election, the results of which will not be known before April 13, was the subject of a showdown between Democrats and Republicans. The day before it was held, the Democratic governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, had published a decree demanding that the primaries be postponed until June 9 due to coronavirus. A decree almost immediately blocked by the Supreme Court of the State, seized by the Republicans.

Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders reacted on Twitter to this decision: "It is scandalous that the Republican leaders and the conservative majority of the Supreme Court in Wisconsin are ready to risk the health and safety of several thousand voters of Wisconsin for their own political gain. " His rival, Joe Biden, said that the Republicans wanted to organize the poll "because they know that a weak mobilization" was working in their favor.

Wisconsin is a state called to play a key role in the presidential election on November 3.

Because of the health crisis, no other Democratic primary has been organized since March 17

The coronavirus has already killed more than 12,500 people in the United States. On Tuesday April 7, the country recorded the worst daily toll in the world since the start of the pandemic: with nearly 2,000 deaths.

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