Protest vote over Biden's handling of Gaza lands in Wisconsin

Wisconsin voters who oppose President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war are urging Democrats to choose the "uninstructed delegation" option on their ballots in the state's presidential primary on Tuesday.

"Using our vote is our voice, (it's) one of the many ways we are putting sustained pressure on this administration," Listen to Michigan's Heba Mohammad said at a demonstration last week.

The group's activism is the latest in a string of similar movements in other states where voters have tied their support of Biden on Democratic presidential primary ballots to the war in Gaza.

A push to be heard produces a national movement

Organizers want to send a message to Biden to pressure him to change course before November's general election. After votes in several states, they now refer to their effort as the "Uncommitted National Movement."

Last month, in Minnesota about 19% of the Democratic presidential primary vote was for the "uncommitted" option on the state's ballots, according to results from The Associated Press. That followed a tally of 13% of the vote in Michigan's Democratic presidential primary, which was held in February. There have also been campaigns that resulted in "uncommitted" votes in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Hawaii, and Washington, along with other states that have similar choices on their ballots.

While Biden is expected to carry the Wisconsin Democratic primary and is already considered his party's presumptive nominee, organizers want to get 20,000 people in Wisconsin to vote "uninstructed."

That's about equal to Biden's margin of victory over former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin four years ago. Polls indicate another close race between the two men this year.

Mohammad says her group