States to block this ruling. He also removed the requirement for ballots to have witness signatures, citing difficulties with regards to individuals living alone during the stay-at-home order being unable to find a witness. The Supreme Court of the United States, on April 6, overturned Conley's ruling, meaning that all absentee ballots must be turned in by the election day, and ballots without witness signatures would be invalidated. However, the Supreme Court of the United States did not overturn Conley's ruling that results would not be reported until April 13. Governor Evers, in early April, urged the state legislature to postpone the April 7 elections in Wisconsin. However, the legislature did not take the action to do this. Despite admitting that he would violate the law by doing so, on April 6, Evers issued an executive order which, if enforced, would have postponed the April 7 elections until the tentative date of June 7. Republican leaders immediately announced that they would challenge the order in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Evers did not have the authority to postpone the elections, thus meaning that Evers' executive order was nullified, and that the elections would be held as scheduled on April 7. On April 4, Lena Taylor filed a lawsuit attempting to get the mayoral election moved to September 8. By the time the Election Day voting concluded, Milwaukee Election Commissioner Neil Albrecht stated that despite some of the problems, the in-person voting ran smoothly. Candidates Tom Barrett, incumbent mayor Lena Taylor, State Senator from the 4th District Endorsements Polls Hamilton vs. Zielinski Results 77,729 mail-in ballots were returned, and 18,803 in-person votes were cast in the city of Milwaukee. See also 2020 Wisconsin elections References External links Official campaign websites Barrett for Milwaukee Lena Taylor for Mayor 2020 Wisconsin elections Milwaukee 2020 Government of Milwaukee