'The GOP thought they could score a political victory by forcing people to choose between staying safe and risking their lives to vote,' Wisconsin's Democratic chairman said.
"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, all else equal," the researchers wrote."Furthermore, in one to three weeks following the election, we observe a decreased number of new positive COVID-19 cases in counties with relatively more absentee votes."
Ben Wikler, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said that President Donald Trump and the state's Republican Pary bore"full responsibility" for the increase in cases traced to in-person voting on April 7. The University of Wisconsin study's correlation still held true even after its authors removed Milwaukee County from the data, where particularly beleaguered election infrastructure resulted in long lines at the City of Milwaukee's five polling places.
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