“When the Wisconsin Supreme Court took up Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) last-minute order to delay the April 7 election, they didn’t have to worry about one possible consequence of their decision,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
“No matter what, they wouldn’t be joining thousands of other voters standing in line at the polls the next day. That’s because all seven justices had already voted absentee, either by going in early and voting in person or by mailing in ballots.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.