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ProPublica, 10/6/2022

And the Wisconsin Assembly and the Senate, both dominated by Republicans, have passed a raft of bills that would tighten voting laws. Each was vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat. But Evers is in a close race for reelection against Republican Tim Michels, who has said that “on day one” he will call a special session of the Legislature to “fix the election mess.”   [emphasis dded]

Philip Rocco, associate professor of political science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, describes a dynamic he has seen across the country playing out on a large scale in Wisconsin. 

An onslaught of attacks on the voting process, he said, produces “an atmosphere of procedural chaos going into Election Day.” “Just in general, it’s created a dangerous environment for elections to occur in.”