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In a lawsuit filed by [[Democratic party]] operatives concerned about the [[CCP pandemic]]’s effects on voting, federal District Judge William Conley (an [[Obama]] appointee) extended the deadline for receipt of mail-in ballots from Tuesday, April 7, 2020 (the primary-election day), to Monday afternoon, April 13. That aspect of the federal district court’s ruling was not in dispute. Judge Conley, however, directed that [[absentee ballot]]s were eligible to be counted regardless of the date of post mark or otherwise delivered, as long as they came in by the April 13 deadline. In effect, that meant absentee ballots could be cast after in-person primary voting had closed on April 7.

In a lawsuit filed by [[Democratic party]] operatives concerned about the [[CCP pandemic]]’s effects on voting, federal District Judge William Conley (an [[Obama]] appointee) extended the deadline for receipt of mail-in ballots from Tuesday, April 7, 2020 (the primary-election day), to Monday afternoon, April 13. That aspect of the federal district court’s ruling was not in dispute. Judge Conley, however, directed that [[absentee ballot]]s were eligible to be counted regardless of the date of post mark or otherwise delivered, as long as they came in by the April 13 deadline. In effect, that meant absentee ballots could be cast after in-person primary voting had closed on April 7.

This meant the election could be materially altered by events occurring after formal conclusion of the [[primary election]] — not least, news about the apparent election result. To address this problem, Judge Conley further ordered the Wisconsin Election Commission and election inspectors to suppress any report of the voting results until after the new April 13 deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/the-supreme-courts-misunderstood-ruling-on-wisconsins-coronavirus-primary/</ref>  Gov. Evers then banned in person voting in the April 7, 2020 primary.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court then ruled Gov. Evers exceeded his authority with his [[Executive Order]] to cancel elections.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEIrRZpwsqQ</ref>  The same day [[SCOTUS]] ruled to stay a district court order that had extended the absentee voting deadline. As a result, the absentee ballot postmark and in-person return deadlines were reinstated to April 7, 2020.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party_primaries_in_Wisconsin,_2020</ref>  The issue  was that authority did not rest with the courts or the governor and there was no time to reschedule.  [[Fake news]] media, of course, was quick to blame Republicans for the Democrat's lawsuit and the Democratic governor's overreach of [[executive branch]] authority.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/775321722874199/</ref>   

This meant the election could be materially altered by events occurring after formal conclusion of the [[primary election]] — not least, news about the apparent election result. To address this problem, Judge Conley further ordered the Wisconsin Election Commission and election inspectors to suppress any report of the voting results until after the new April 13 deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/the-supreme-courts-misunderstood-ruling-on-wisconsins-coronavirus-primary/</ref>  Evers then banned in person voting in the April 7, 2020 primary.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court then ruled Evers exceeded his authority with his [[Executive Order]] to cancel elections.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEIrRZpwsqQ</ref>  The same day [[SCOTUS]] ruled to stay a district court order that had extended the absentee voting deadline. As a result, the absentee ballot postmark and in-person return deadlines were reinstated to April 7, 2020.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party_primaries_in_Wisconsin,_2020</ref>  The issue  was that authority did not rest with the courts or the governor and there was no time to reschedule.  [[Fake news]] media, of course, was quick to blame Republicans for the Democrat's lawsuit and the Democratic governor's overreach of [[executive branch]] authority.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/775321722874199/</ref>   

Democrat operative [[James Carville]] again stole the spotlight as the most [[demagogic]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/04/08/carville-wisconsin-primary-proved-republicans-will-kill-people-to-stay-in-power/</ref>  ''The Wisconsin State Journal'' reported three weeks after the voting that Wisconsin's rate of infection actually declined after in-person voting.<ref>https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/no-bump-in-covid-19-rates-after-wisconsins-april-7-election-study-says/article_b1aade1d-abec-5fc2-92fb-e1c64ccbc92f.html</ref>

Democrat operative [[James Carville]] again stole the spotlight as the most [[demagogic]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/04/08/carville-wisconsin-primary-proved-republicans-will-kill-people-to-stay-in-power/</ref>  ''The Wisconsin State Journal'' reported three weeks after the voting that Wisconsin's rate of infection actually declined after in-person voting.<ref>https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/no-bump-in-covid-19-rates-after-wisconsins-april-7-election-study-says/article_b1aade1d-abec-5fc2-92fb-e1c64ccbc92f.html</ref>