Wisconsin is asking hundreds of thousands of voters to ignore a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in Tuesday's presidential primary election, becoming a test case for dozens of states struggling to balance public health concerns with a core pillar of democracy.
The National Guard is helping to run voting sites across the state after thousands of election workers stepped down fearing for their safety.
Dozens of polling places are closed, but those that are active opened at 7 a.m. CT. Hundreds of voters across the state, many without masks covering their faces, waited in line to cast ballots at crowded polling sites Tuesday morning.