Wisconsin

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

You've got today's the Onion!

Wisconsin Primary Voters Receive ‘I Voted’ Gravestones

https://politics.theonion.com/wisconsin-primary-voters-receive-i-voted-gravestones-1842729790

[Jockey]

Where do you see this?

Anyway, apparently it is taking three hours for people to get through the voting lines in Green Bay.  Absolutely insane.

The line at Riverside HS in Milwaukee - one of only 5 polling places in the city - extends for blocks and blocks.

Franklin - 87% white (pop. 35,000) has 5 polling places.
Glendale - 80% white (pop. 13,000) has 5 polling places.
Milwaukee - 35% white (pop. 590,000) has 5 polling places.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

The line at Riverside HS in Milwaukee - one of only 5 polling places in the city - extends for blocks and blocks.

Franklin - 87% white (pop. 35,000) has 5 polling places.
Glendale - 80% white (pop. 13,000) has 5 polling places.
Milwaukee - 35% white (pop. 590,000) has 5 polling places.

You do realize that each municipality staffs and sets up their own polling stations.   Not the governor, not the legislature, not the county.  Milwaukee chose to go this route.  Milwaukee alone.

Plus, the National Guard was activated to assist with polling places.  I guess Milwaukee chose not to ask for assistance.

Waukesha is just as dumb.

Due to ADA rules, many polling places are at nursing homes or assisted living facilities, which obviously can't be used.  This was known weeks ago.

Yet, somehow, no issues in Madison, with limited polling places.  In fact, without having school in session,  the voting area isnt conflicting with school, so they are able to spread out the voting area even further in the gyms or cafeterias. See Toki middle school in Madison.

[MUfan12]

Plus, the National Guard was activated to assist with polling places.  I guess Milwaukee chose not to ask for assistance.

Unless he's completely lying, they did- https://twitter.com/MollyBeck/status/1245475428086710273

And also this- https://twitter.com/MSpicuzzaMJS/status/1247559350685765632

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Unless he's completely lying, they did- https://twitter.com/MollyBeck/status/1245475428086710273

And also this- https://twitter.com/MSpicuzzaMJS/status/1247559350685765632

Hadn't seen that.

My other points are valid.

[GB Warrior]

Hadn't seen that.

My other points are valid.

Other than the systematic marginalization of nonwhite voters, yeah, good points.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Other than the systematic marginalization of nonwhite voters, yeah, good points.

Notice, again, that there are no issues in Madison. 2nd largest African American community in the state. 

Milwaukee is just incompetent.  Likely planned, so as to throw the results of the election in to dispute.  (That's me channelling my inner TSmith for partisan and stupid ideas.)

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Hadn't seen that.

My other points are valid.

What other points?  Your entire point is that Milwaukee has too few polling stations based on the fact they never asked for National Guard assistance.  But they did ask.  And they were only given a response yesterday.

How are you supposed to help plan for something if you don't get a response when you need one?  It almost makes you wonder...

And if your larger point is that Milwaukee is bad at this stuff in general, well OK.  That still isn't right for the voters in Milwaukee.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Notice, again, that there are no issues in Madison. 2nd largest African American community in the state. 

Milwaukee is just incompetent.  Likely planned, so as to throw the results of the election in to dispute.  (That's me channelling my inner TSmith for partisan and stupid ideas.)

Oh you poor, poor snowflake.

They say it out loud for bog's sake.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/21/trump-adviser-republicans-voter-suppression

Top Trump adviser: Republicans have 'always' relied on voter suppression
"One of Donald Trump’s top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has “traditionally” relied on voter suppression to compete in battleground states, according to an audio recording of a private event. The adviser said later that his remarks referred to frequent and false accusations that Republicans employ such tactics.

But the report emerged just days after news that a conservative group is forcing Wisconsin to purge upwards of 230,000 people from state voter rolls more than a year earlier than planned, a move that would disproportionately affect Democrats before the 2020 election."

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/accidental-republican-candor-about-voter-id-laws
Accidental Republican candor about voter-ID laws
"Jim DeMint, the former South Carolina senator and Tea Party firebrand who is now the president of the Heritage Foundation, became the latest in a string of conservatives to admit that restrictive voting laws such as voter ID requirements are an attempt to help Republicans win elections, telling a St. Louis radio host yesterday that voter ID laws help elect “more conservative candidates.”
<snip?
But DeMint then turned to voter-ID laws. “t’s something we’re working on all over the country because in the states where they do have voter ID laws you’ve seen, actually, elections begin to change towards more conservative candidates,” he said.

[mu_hilltopper]

Indeed .. I would like to see how Milwaukee came up with the number 5 for polling places.    Is it .. the Mayor?  Some .. Milwaukee Election Commission? 

Was it that they only had enough people to staff 5 stations?   How are the little villages able to staff 3-4 locations, but 600k Milwaukee can only scrape together enough for 5?

What happens when the line is 3 hours long for the 8pm close?

[Hards Alumni]

Indeed .. I would like to see how Milwaukee came up with the number 5 for polling places.    Is it .. the Mayor?  Some .. Milwaukee Election Commission? 

Was it that they only had enough people to staff 5 stations?   How are the little villages able to staff 3-4 locations, but 600k Milwaukee can only scrape together enough for 5?

What happens when the line is 3 hours long for the 8pm close?

WE VOTE LATE, ITS NOT LIKE ANYONE HAS TO GO TO WORK!!!

[wadesworld]

Apparently 15,000 people in Milwaukee alone who requested an absentee ballot did not receive one.

I hope people like waiting outside in a thunderstorm for 3 hours to go catch covid 19 while voting!

Good job Wisconsin. The conservatives knocked this one out of the park.

[mu_hilltopper]

Damnit.

I was thinking it was a nice 72 and sunny day to have people standing outside for 3 hours to vote.

Aaaaaaand now it's hailing.    Huge downpour.

[pbiflyer]

How did the Wisconsin Supreme Court meet to decide this?

[pbiflyer]

WI speaker of the house at a polling site. Says it’s perfectly safe.

[jesmu84]

https://twitter.com/DanRShafer/status/1247614027288784896?s=19

Video

[Jockey]

Apparently 15,000 people in Milwaukee alone who requested an absentee ballot did not receive one.

I hope people like waiting outside in a thunderstorm for 3 hours to go catch covid 19 while voting!

Good job Wisconsin. The conservatives knocked this one out of the park.

You mean they shoved it up our @ss*s.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Indeed .. I would like to see how Milwaukee came up with the number 5 for polling places.    Is it .. the Mayor?  Some .. Milwaukee Election Commission? 

Was it that they only had enough people to staff 5 stations?   How are the little villages able to staff 3-4 locations, but 600k Milwaukee can only scrape together enough for 5?

What happens when the line is 3 hours long for the 8pm close?

Article that I saw that yes, it was because poll workers refused to show up due to the risk. (Note: that's what I read, but I don't know if that has been verified.)

[Jockey]

So nurses can’t get enough PPE, but Vos can.

I can’t find the words for my contempt.

[#UnleashSean]

So nurses can’t get enough PPE, but Vos can.

I can’t find the words for my contempt.

There aren't any shortages of ppe in any hospital I've worked at nor have any friends said any about theirs yet.

[Hards Alumni]

Still feeling like you upgraded governments by leaving IL, chick? 

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

https://twitter.com/DanRShafer/status/1247614027288784896?s=19

Video

This is amazingly amusing. Thanks for sharing.

[wadesworld]

The AP reporter said that was a staged shot and he refused to come anywhere near voters or volunteers. He also refused to go to any Milwaukee sites.

Good stuff. Very safe.

[rocket surgeon]

This is amazingly amusing. Thanks for sharing.

must have run out of coffee?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

The AP reporter said that was a staged shot and he refused to come anywhere near voters or volunteers. He also refused to go to any Milwaukee sites.

Good stuff. Very safe.

Pretty sure Vos is scared of Milwaukee on even a good day.