The 2020 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary took place on April 7, 2020. It is one of the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election.

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The April 7 primary elections and the election for a

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justice and other local races ran as scheduled. Many poll workers have not wanted to put their health at risk during the

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, and polling places across the state faced a shortage of workers. Health officials were concerned about enforcing social distancing guidelines. Governor

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(D) proposed changing to an all-mail-in election, but the idea was rejected by the Republican-controlled

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.Coronavirus is disrupting the 2020 election. Here’s a list of all the primaries that have been postponed
by Yelena Dzhanova, CNBC, 2 Apr 2020 Despite admitting that he would violate the law by doing so, Evers then issued an executive order on April 6 to postpone the election to June 9. Republican leaders immediately announced that they would challenge the order in the

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. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Evers did not have the authority to postpone the elections, thus meaning that Evers' executive order was nullified, and that the elections would be held as scheduled on April 7. By the time the election concluded, Milwaukee Election Commissioner Neil Albrecht stated that despite some of the problems, the in-person voting ran smoothly.

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