A DNC spokesperson declined to comment, citing ongoing litigation.

In a Tuesday filing made on behalf of Evers, Hannah Jurss, an assistant state attorney general, said the federal court should “consider a middle path that maintains the democratic process, while also implementing appropriate measures to save lives.” That included steps to make it easier for voters to return absentee ballots, including easing witness requirements and “a short extension” of the deadline for when absentee ballots can be received. Evers had advocated for a "predominantly-by-mail election, with limited but available in-person voting,"

A report from the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Tuesday found that nearly 60 percent of Wisconsin’s municipalities were reporting a shortage of poll workers, including more than 100 jurisdictions that said they lacked the ability to staff even one voting site right now.

“I intend to work at a polling place on Election Day,” state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican, said at a Wednesday news conference. “I feel safe being there because of the safeguards that are being put in place by local governments and the Wisconsin Elections Commission. … We need people to step up [and volunteer], this election is going to happen. There’s no doubt in my mind that we’re going to have it on April 7.”

The Evers filing also raised the possibility of the governor deploying the National Guard to “assist as poll workers,” but it noted that “the assistance of the National Guard will not satisfy all of the current staffing needs.”

Some politicians in the state took the unusual step of telling their supporters to not show up on Election Day because of the pandemic. “I hope that people do not go to the polls on Tuesday. As much as I want them to vote, I do not want them to put their lives in jeopardy, I don’t want them to put the health and safety of our poll workers in jeopardy," Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a Democrat who is up for reelection, said, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Sen. Bernie Sanders also issued a statement calling for the elections to be postponed: “The state should delay Tuesday’s vote, extend early voting and work to move entirely to vote-by-mail. While we wait for a decision, we urge our supporters to vote-by-mail.”