by the coronavirus pandemic, forming nearly half of wisconsin's documented cases and over half its deaths at the time the vote was conducted. however, by the time the election concluded, milwaukee election commissioner neil albrecht stated that despite some of the problems, the in-person voting ran smoothly. similar problems with poll station closures and long lines were reported in waukesha, where only one polling station was opened for a city of 70,000, and green bay, where only 17 poll workers out of 270 were able to work. other cities were able to keep lines much shorter, including the state capital of madison, which opened about two-thirds of its usual polling locations, and appleton, which opened all of its usual 15. voters across the state were advised to maintain social distancing, wear face masks, and bring their own pens. robin vos, the state assembly speaker, served as an election inspector for in-person voting on april 7. while wearing medical-like personal protective equipment, he told reporters that it was "incredibly safe to go out" and vote, adding that voters faced "minimal exposure." by mid-april, health officials in milwaukee identified at least seven new cases of covid-19 that appear to be linked to the april 7 election; six voters and one poll worker. advocates of vote-by-mail say wisconsin's experience should be a warning to other states, saying this could be "the tip of the iceberg." sports main article: impact of the covid-19 pandemic on sports most of the state's sports teams were affected. several leagues began postponing or suspending their seasons starting march 12. major league baseball cancelled the remainder of spring training on that date, and on march 16, they announced that the season will be postponed indefinitely, after the recommendations from the cdc to restrict events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks, affecting the milwaukee brewers. also on march 12, the national basketball association announced the season would be suspended for 30 days, affecting the milwaukee bucks. in college sports, the national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) canceled all winter and spring tournaments, most notably the division i men's and women's basketball tournaments, affecting colleges and universities statewide. on march 16, the national junior college athletic association also canceled the remainder of the winter seasons as well as the spring seasons. on august 5, the ncaa cancelled all division ii and division iii fall championships, impacting a number of universities statewide. on august 11, the big ten conference postponed all fall sports, affecting the wisconsin badgers. gallery a sign outside a church in greenbush indicates the church's closing during the pandemic. a sign upon a traffic barricade in front of a playground in sheboygan notifies the public that the equipment is closed due to evers's stay-at-home order, and of the consequences for violating it. a sign for a milwaukee/chicago coffee shop chain in their oconomowoc location indicates that the business has closed, their manufacturing operations will be unaffected, and employees will continue to be paid (the closure date on the sign has since extended further to the end of the stay-at-home order). a card posted at a milwaukee county transit system bus stop regarding essential riding. a number of state transit systems, including mcts, madison metro, green bay metro, and sheboygan's shoreline metro have suspended fares, reduced capacity to enforce social distancing and board passengers through only the rear bus doors during the pandemic to reduce driver contact to only that involving passengers needing assistive services and accommodations.