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Anonymous wrote:So, a Democrat has been Secretary of State in Wisconsin since 1994--and, you are blaming this mess on the GOP? Doesn't sound like it is the GOP who is responsible for only five polling places in Milwaukee.

OMG you fcking moron yes this is Republicans' fault

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-pandemic-primary-republicans.html

And don't think for a SECOND voters in this swing state don't know whose fault it is that they were sent to slaughter to exercise the right to vote

Anonymous wrote:https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/04/01/wisconsin-governor-federal-emergency-declaration

Sounds like the governor wanted it to go as planned--just a week ago.

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They wanted absentee ballots to be postmarked after Election Day BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR BLANK BALLOTS UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY because the board of elections offices were so backed up with requests.

Who is in charge of the Board of Elections?

The republican secretary of state, and the commissioners in each of the counties.

Wisconsin SoS is a Democrat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_La_Follette

I'm wondering if he won't certify the election.

Then, why did he not have enough absentee ballots? It's not that hard to print--even during an epidemic.

Because the county-level election commission prints and distributes the ballots.

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They wanted absentee ballots to be postmarked after Election Day BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR BLANK BALLOTS UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY because the board of elections offices were so backed up with requests.

Who is in charge of the Board of Elections?

The republican secretary of state, and the commissioners in each of the counties.

Wisconsin SoS is a Democrat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_La_Follette

I'm wondering if he won't certify the election.

Then, why did he not have enough absentee ballots? It's not that hard to print--even during an epidemic.

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They wanted absentee ballots to be postmarked after Election Day BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR BLANK BALLOTS UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY because the board of elections offices were so backed up with requests.

Who is in charge of the Board of Elections?

The republican secretary of state, and the commissioners in each of the counties.

Wisconsin SoS is a Democrat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_La_Follette

I'm wondering if he won't certify the election.

Then, why did he not have enough absentee ballots? It's not that hard to print--even during an epidemic.

Because the amount of requests to send and mail were OVERWHELMING because we are in the middle of a PANDEMIC.

Anonymous wrote:So, a Democrat has been Secretary of State in Wisconsin since 1994--and, you are blaming this mess on the GOP? Doesn't sound like it is the GOP who is responsible for only five polling places in Milwaukee.

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They wanted absentee ballots to be postmarked after Election Day BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR BLANK BALLOTS UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY because the board of elections offices were so backed up with requests.

Who is in charge of the Board of Elections?

The republican secretary of state, and the commissioners in each of the counties.

Wisconsin SoS is a Democrat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_La_Follette

I'm wondering if he won't certify the election.

Then, why did he not have enough absentee ballots? It's not that hard to print--even during an epidemic.

Anonymous wrote:So, a Democrat has been Secretary of State in Wisconsin since 1994--and, you are blaming this mess on the GOP? Doesn't sound like it is the GOP who is responsible for only five polling places in Milwaukee.

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Anonymous wrote:We need to have nationwide mail in voting for November

And thanks to Wisconsin's sacrifice, we will have it. Naysayers notwithstanding.

I mostly agree with this but do have some concerns. My mother-in-law has suffered multiple strokes and although she can still sign her name, she has a confused idea of the outside world. Would it be wrong for me to help her fill out a mail-in election form and then have her sign it?

She has previously said that she hopes she lives long enough to see Donald Trump put into prison so I do know what her preference would be.

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They wanted absentee ballots to be postmarked after Election Day BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR BLANK BALLOTS UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY because the board of elections offices were so backed up with requests.

Who is in charge of the Board of Elections?

The republican secretary of state, and the commissioners in each of the counties.

Wisconsin SoS is a Democrat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_La_Follette

I'm wondering if he won't certify the election.

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Anonymous wrote:We need to have nationwide mail in voting for November

And thanks to Wisconsin's sacrifice, we will have it. Naysayers notwithstanding.

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They wanted absentee ballots to be postmarked after Election Day BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR BLANK BALLOTS UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY because the board of elections offices were so backed up with requests.

Who is in charge of the Board of Elections?

The republican secretary of state, and the commissioners in each of the counties.

Wisconsin SoS is a Democrat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_La_Follette

I'm wondering if he won't certify the election.

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Anonymous wrote:New Berlin, population 39,740. Mostly white, Republican-voting suburb. 7 polling places.

Milwaukee, population 595,351. 39% Black, 15% other POC. Heavily Democrat-voting. 5 polling places.

Just a guess--but New Berlin is in a different county. Polling places rely on volunteers (they are usually paid--at least, in Virginia--but the pay is pitiful for the hours involved, no one does it for the pay).
It is possible that New Berlin has more people willing to work the polls. I know that Fairfax County puts out requests for people to work the polls and they don't always get a wonderful response. I've seen requests go out almost up to the polling day--but it does require training.

You are right in that it is a guess, but you guessed wrong. This is what is called voter suppression. It happens in Ohio, throughout the south and in Wisconsin. Have easy access to polling places with many voting machines in white, suburban areas, but few polling places with fewer voting machines in densely populated urban areas. There is a reason you see these huge lines every 2-4 years on TV. The media go to where they can get picture. And picture of people standing in lines is sexier than an empty parking lot with no lines. There needs to be federal standards as to the number of people per precinct and the number of voting booths (not machines, thank you) in each polling place. States need to make mail-in ballots and early voting a regular practice.

Without voting that is accessible by the electorate, we aren't much of a democratic republic.