Though Wisconsin health officials estimated the number of COVID-19 cases linked to the state's primary election last month to be fewer than 100, a new study suggests that number is actually much higher.
published Monday suggests in-person voting during Wisconsin's primary election on April 7 may have led to"large" increases in the state's number of COVID-19 cases.
"Across all models we see a large increase in COVID-19 cases in the weeks following the election in counties that had more in-person votes per voting location," the study authors said."Furthermore, we find a consistent negative relationship between absentee voting and the rate of positive COVID-19 tests."
Residents wait in long line to vote in a presidential primary election outside the Riverside High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 7, 2020. The controversial presidential primary was held despite a state-wide stay-at-home order and concern that the election could expose thousands of voters and poll workers to the coronavirus.
The state began feeling measurable impacts of its in-person primary in late April, when the Wisconsin Department of Health Services estimated
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