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Wisconsin voters to elect education leader and decide on voter ID amendment

Elections
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Elections

MADISON, WI (AP)— The high-stakes race for Wisconsin Supreme Court has gotten most of the attention leading up to the April 1 election, but it is not the only issue voters will decide when early voting begins Tuesday.

Also on the ballot is a race for the battleground state’s top education official, who will guide policies affecting K-12 schools during President Donald Trump’s second term. There is also a measure that would place the state’s voter ID law into the state constitution.

Both of those contests have sharp partisan divisions, even though the spending and national attention have been far less than those for the race for control of the state’s highest court.

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