A Beaver Dam High School Teacher Votes Absentee

A Public-School U.S Government teacher, Andy Loizzo, ultimately decided to vote absentee due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Andy Loizzo has been teaching government to high schoolers for 14 years and said the possible postponement of the election was reasonable given the circumstances. “If the order is essentially to stay at home and not have contact with anyone then having people meet in lines or in voting places is alarming and will probably lead to worsening health care crisis around Wisconsin.”

Amid the Wisconsin COVID-19 Lockdown, Loizzo talks about his personal opinions on this subject. “I don't think anyone wants to endure a lockdown because of the emotional, social, economic damage being done to the state but if we truly value one another, we have to do it to protect the community,” said Loizzo.

The peak of COVID-19 is supposed to arise the last week in April and he believes Election Day will add to the crisis. If people are going to the polls and not following COVID-19 procedures, will the virus ever stop spreading?

Loizzo said, “Even though I may not be personally affected by the sickness yet, our actions often times impact others.” This is one of the reasons he choose to vote through the mail rather than in person.