(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Wisconsin, U.S., failed to postpone long-term vote of voters due to outbreak

China News Agency, Houston, April 7 (Wisconsin, US) held the initial vote for the presidential election on April 7 as scheduled. Although the state has issued a "home order" due to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, many of the polling stations still open, many voters wear masks, maintain social distance, and queue up for elections.

Data Map: On the evening of February 3, local time, the first election of the 2020 presidential election in the United States, the Iowa Party Conference, was held in 1,678 constituencies. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe

According to the National Broadcasting Corporation, since the outbreak of the New Crown epidemic in the United States, more than a dozen states have postponed primary elections or conducted primary elections by mail ballots. Wisconsin became the first state to fail to postpone voting.

The state kicked off the primary vote at 8:00 a.m. EDT on the 7th, which will last until 9 a.m. Thousands of polling station staff refused to participate in the election due to the intensification of the epidemic, resulting in the closure of hundreds of polling stations in the state, and tens of thousands of voters had to gather at several polling stations that are still operating to participate in the election.

According to local media reports, voters have already queued up at the polling station at 7 am, most wearing masks or scarves. About 2,400 National Guard members temporarily participated in the work of the polling station on that day.

In fact, many voters applied for absentee votes because of concerns about the spread of the virus in the community. These absentee ballots must be mailed or stamped on the same day before 8 pm on the 7th and sent to the designated place before 4 pm on the 13th so that the votes can be entered into the counting system.

According to data from the Wisconsin State Electoral Commission, as of the evening of the 6th, the state received more than 1.27 million absentee ballots and approximately 725,000 votes were sent to designated points by voters. However, many voters still complained that they did not receive absentee ballots.

According to the "Politician" website report, the governor of Wisconsin and Democrat Tony Evers was initially reluctant to postpone the primary election until April 6 when he announced an executive order to postpone the election. On the evening of the 6th, the Supreme Court of the state and the US Supreme Court rejected this request successively, requiring the event to be held as scheduled on the 7th.

Trump accused Democrats of demanding the postponement of elections at the last minute on the 6th, calling this a political strategy. Democratic presidential candidate Biden said on the same day that he did not participate in canvassing activities on the 7th. Sanders previously called on Wisconsin to postpone the election.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh explained a few days ago that allowing such an extension would fundamentally change the nature of the election. United States Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg believes that the decision of the Federal Supreme Court may cause a large number of Wisconsin voters to exercise their right to vote.

According to the New York Times, Wisconsin Republican voter Brian Binder said, "This is the first time in 30 years that I decided not to participate in the election." "I do n’t know why we ca n’t postpone voting to keep people safe." "I think they You should not play politics at this time. "

According to real-time statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 7 a.m. EDT on April 7, the United States has cumulatively diagnosed more than 380,000 cases of new crown infections, Wisconsin confirmed 2,511 cases and 85 deaths. (Finish)