Absentee Ballot Requests are Skyrocketing, Whether States are Ready or Not and Whether Congress Pays for It or Not March 24, 2020, 9:56 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen Sign of the times: coronavirus effects: absentee ballot requests now up to 554,116 for WI April 7 election & prez primary. we were at 135,000 8 days ago. never happened before. can WI's system handle it? can mail partly or mostly "replace" election day voting in this case? pic.twitter.com/OiVzcwTbFS— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) March 24, 2020 Share this: