On Feb. 18, 2020, the polls were open to vote for a new Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge. The three candidates to vote for the state supreme court were Jill Karofsky, Dan Kelly and Ed Fallone. Kelly is conservative and Karofsky and Fallone are liberal.
Voting is an extremely important civic duty that Americans can use to exercise their political power. The right to vote gives citizens the opportunity to choose who they want in power. People will vote for candidates whose viewpoints most closely align with their own. The candidates who get enough votes to be elected are the ones, ideally, that hold the majority of the public’s viewpoints. For many 18-year-old seniors at Homestead, this was the first election they were able to vote in. “It is such a great opportunity that is exciting to take advantage of, now that I’m 18,” Melanie Kassander, senior, said. The right and duty to vote is usually less important to the majority of teens.

Many young people feel as though their votes are not important and won’t matter. “It’s so important that people our age begin to realize that what we do matters, and this does not exclude voting!” Emily Schuyler, senior, said. Fewer young people register in the first place and are not encouraged to vote as much as older adults are.
There was one state-wide race. Polls opened at 7 a.m. According to Ballotpedia, 703,762 Wisconsians ended up voting in this election. Kelly took 50.1% of the votes, and Karofsky took 37.2%, accelerating the two candidates to the next round of voting. They will both advance to the general election, taking place on April 7, 2020.