Federal judge wary of stopping election, open to changes so clerks can tally absentee ballots

A federal judge lamented an increasing public health crisis that the Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers have "refused to accept as sincere enough to stop" Tuesday's election.
Still, U.S. Judge James Conley said yesterday he can't act as a "super department of health for the state of Wisconsin" and stop the election. The remedy for that, he told parties in federal suits seeking changes to Tuesday's el...

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