WisPolitics Capitol Chats

Today's Midday podcast covers the Democratic National Convention Committee announcing the party’s Milwaukee convention will be delayed until the week of August 17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss the move and its effect on the Dem presidential field.

Gov. Tony Evers is recommending a federal judge order Wisconsin to conduct the April 7 ballot largely by mail while moving back deadlines for voters to request absentee ballots, as well as for clerks to receive and process them. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss Evers' suggestions and the latest from the federal court case challenging the upcoming election.

In today's Midday podcast, Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said today he hopes to have the Senate meet virtually "in the next couple of weeks" to take up legislation addressing COVID-19 while Speaker Robin Vos said the Assembly was committed to meeting "soon." Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss what lawmakers are looking at and what Gov. Tony Evers is pushing for.

Today's Midday podcast covers Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe telling commissioners that local clerks do not have enough supplies for a mail-in only election hours after Gov. Tony Evers called for every registered voter to be sent an absentee ballot. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss both of the weekend's WEC meetings and the panel's work ahead of the April 7 election.

The Midday Podcast covers Gov. Tony Evers urging lawmakers to change state law so all registered voters could be mailed an absentee, mirroring the requests of several lawsuits challenging the upcoming April 7 election. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss those lawsuits and react to Evers' call.

In the latest Midday podcast, Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete cover the "indefinitely confined" guidance issued by clerks in Wisconsin's two largest counties. The Milwaukee and Dane county clerks told voters requesting an absentee ballot that have trouble presenting a voter ID to indicate they are indefinitely confined, which negates the requirement.

Senate negotiators and the Trump administration early this morning announced they reached a deal on a third coronavirus package totaling nearly $2 trillion. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss how the package affects Wisconsin and its prospects in the House.

Gov. Tony Evers' "Safer at Home” order will shut down all non-essential businesses and travel from 8 a.m on March 25 to April 24. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss who and what is impacted by the order.

Gov. Tony Evers announced on Twitter he will tomorrow issue what he’s calling a “Safer at Home” order shutting down all non-essential businesses and travel. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss the announcement and its impact on the upcoming April 7 election.

A bipartisan trio of mayors from the Fox Valley region today urged the state to delay the April 7 election to accommodate a switch to a mail-in ballot-only format. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete bring you the latest on that call and how elections officials, lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers are preparing for the upcoming election.