FILE PHOTO: Patrick Kapple, right, waits in line outside Riverside University High School to cast a ballot during the presidential primary election held amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Acker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wisconsin will send absentee ballot applications to more than 2.7 million registered voters, the state’s election commission agreed on Wednesday, in a first step to address concerns about the effect of the coronavirus on in-person voting in November.
Many states have pushed to expand absentee or mail-in voting options as a safer alternative to in-person voting on Nov. 3. Republicans led by President Donald Trump have argued, without giving evidence, that mail-in