Early voting to start in Wisconsin for president and constitutional amendments

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Early voting begins Tuesday in Wisconsin for a host of local races, two proposed constitutional amendments that could alter how future elections are run and the now anticlimactic presidential primary.

Here are some things to know:

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Wisconsin is one of a handful of closely divided battleground states that will likely determine who wins the presidential election in November. But its late presidential primary of April 2 makes it moot this cycle, as both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have already won enough states to secure the needed number of delegates to be their parties’ presumptive nominees.

Even so, some liberals in Wisconsin are organizing to cast a protest vote over Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The effort to vote “uncommitted,” which has appeared in several states, raises more questions about whether a small but significant number of Democrats angry at Biden might abandon him in November.

Biden and his surrogates have been frequent visitors to Wisconsin in recent months, highlighting the state’s importance in the November election. Trump, however, has not been to Wisconsin yet this year as he’s focused on earlier primary states.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

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