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RandySF

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Mon Oct 28, 2024, 09:54 PM Oct 28

'Voter rescue': Help in Milwaukee for hundreds who show up at wrong place

On the first day of early in-person voting in Wisconsin on Tuesday, a line 100 people long stretched outside the former Milwaukee Western Bank at 60th and Capitol.

Throughout the warm late afternoon, the line seemed to only grow, inspiring a local barber to hand out his business cards.

Some people arrived at the North Side early voting site and quickly decided to return another day. But others, including a couple who brought lawn chairs, dutifully took their places in the queue.

Voters exiting who said they spent an hour and a half or more in line, partly because of computer problems, didn’t discourage Renee Green, 56. “Got to get out and make sure my vote is counted,” said Green, who came with a woman who walked with a cane. “We said, ‘We’re going to get this done.’




https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/10/wisconsin-milwaukee-voter-rescue-election-polling-early-voting/

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