Elections Commission deadlocks on Dem motion calling for special session to address election safety

The Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked along party lines on a proposal that would have asked Gov. Tony Evers and the state Legislature to convene a special session to give the agency flexibility to run elections safely in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dem Mark Thomsen put the proposal forward as an amendment to a seven-pronged motion proposed by GOP Chair Dean Knudson during Wednesday'...