Federal judge: No Wisconsin election results before April 13

Posted: Thu 3:31 PM, Apr 02, 2020 | Updated: Fri 11:48 AM, Apr 03, 2020

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY/AP) - The federal judge who extended Wisconsin's absentee voting for the April 7 election issued another ruling on Friday: Wisconsin clerks can't reveal the results of the voting for another week.

U.S. District Judge William Conley on Friday granted a request from the Wisconsin Elections Commission following his order a day earlier for extended absentee voting.

Democrats and liberal groups had asked the federal court in Madison to postpone in-person voting for Tuesday's election and extend the deadline for filing absentees.

Conley ruled Thursday against moving the election date or prohibiting in-person voting, but he allowed an extra day for people to request an absentee ballot, until 5 p.m. Friday, April 3, and gave Wisconsin voters until 4 p.m. Monday, April 13, to get their ballot to their municipal clerk.

Friday's order ensures that election results won't be released piecemeal, with in-person voting results revealed on election night with the potential for race-changing results trickling out in the following days as clerks work through a record number of absentee ballots.

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