Madison’s parks have become the latest fronts in Wisconsin’s voting wars.
The liberal stronghold is hosting “Democracy in the Park” events on Saturday at more than 200 locations across the city, where poll workers wearing yellow vests will assist voters in numerous ways.
They plan to help people register to vote, help them request absentee ballots, serve as witnesses for those who already have absentee ballots and accept those absentee ballots once they’re completed.
To Republicans, that risks looking too much like in-person early voting, which isn’t allowed under state law until Oct. 20.
Republicans and Democrats in Wisconsin have long fought over the state’s voter ID law and early voting, but their battles have intensified this year as voters turn to absentee voting in record numbers because of the coronavirus pandemic.