Bipartisan Group Promoting Absentee Voting this Fall
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 -- 9:09 AM
(AP) -Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul and former Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen will lead a new bipartisan group promoting absentee voting this fall.Kaul and Van Hollen announced Tuesday that they will serve as co-chairmen of a new Wisconsin chapter of VoteSafe. Members include former Republican Gov. Scott McCallum; Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, all Democrats; and former U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, a Republican. VoteSafe is a national cross-partisan coalition of election administrators and organizations that works to promote safe voting during the coronavirus pandemic.
The coalition advocates for expanded access to absentee ballots and safe, sanitary in-person voting. Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm serve as national co-chairs. Ridge is a Republican; Granholm is a Democrat.
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