Wisconsin judge elected amid coronavirus pandemic calls victory 'bittersweet' following an 'uptick'
By Devan Cole, CNN
Updated 12:30 PM ET, Mon April 27, 2020
Washington (CNN) The Democrat who won a Wisconsin Supreme Court election earlier this month that was held despite strong calls to postpone it amid the coronavirus pandemic said in an opinion piece published Monday that her win is "bittersweet" following an "uptick" in the state's cases.
"In the end, my campaign was rewarded for our persistence and patience. But victory is bittersweet. It was unacceptable to hold an election under circumstances in which people were forced to choose between their safety and voting. It disenfranchised countless people and raised serious concerns for the future of our democracy," Justice-elect Jill Karofsky wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times.
"Now, over two weeks later, we have an uptick in Covid-19 cases, especially in dense urban centers like Milwaukee and Waukesha, where few polling places were open and citizens were forced to stand in long lines to cast a ballot," wrote Karofsky, who previously served as a county judge.
There are currently more than 5,900 cases in Wisconsin and more than 100 deaths caused by the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. At the time of the election on April 7, there were more than 2,500 cases and more than 90 deaths in the state, according to the university.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/wisconsin-judge-jill-karofsky-election-bittersweet/index.html
