In this 2018 file photo, a sign directs voters towards a polling place near the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. Reuters Poll workers in Madison, Wisconsin, are expected to appear at more than 200 different locations over the weekend to allow residents the opportunity to register to vote, apply for an absentee ballot, and turn in their ballots, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported. Republicans in the state have opposed the "Democracy in the Park" event because of a restriction on in-person voting until October 20 and have suggested the event would not properly protect the ballots. Madison city officials said they planned to go ahead with the event as ballots would be safe and protected.