Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Maddow Blog - Voting all the rage in Wisconsin
The Maddow Blog - Voting all the rage in Wisconsin
Turnout in the Wisconsin recalls has been "wild" across the state, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. This morning John Nichols tweeted that there were "lines out the door, 20-minute waits" at polling places on the north side of Milwaukee, way up from recent elections.
That scene in Milwaukee, in particular, is not great news for Governor Walker and company. Last year a group supporting the recall drive held block parties there to help people get registered and vote in the recalls happening then.
For their efforts, the union-affiliated Wisconsin Jobs Now got accused on the right of bribing voters with free BBQ. Prosecutors in Milwaukee cleared Wisconsin Jobs Now. And today election officials in Milwaukee had to call in extra workers to accommodate demand at the polls.
(Image below from 2011 block party, by Peter Rickman.)
Turnout in the Wisconsin recalls has been "wild" across the state, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. This morning John Nichols tweeted that there were "lines out the door, 20-minute waits" at polling places on the north side of Milwaukee, way up from recent elections.
That scene in Milwaukee, in particular, is not great news for Governor Walker and company. Last year a group supporting the recall drive held block parties there to help people get registered and vote in the recalls happening then.
For their efforts, the union-affiliated Wisconsin Jobs Now got accused on the right of bribing voters with free BBQ. Prosecutors in Milwaukee cleared Wisconsin Jobs Now. And today election officials in Milwaukee had to call in extra workers to accommodate demand at the polls.
(Image below from 2011 block party, by Peter Rickman.)
Who's running the election in Waukesha County? - JSOnline
Who's running the election in Waukesha County? - JSOnline
"While Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas and his chief of staff insisted both Monday and Tuesday that County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus is not the one in charge of election duties this recall election, her actions say otherwise.
While Nickolaus has refused to respond to this reporter's questions in her office, turning her back and closing her office door while the reporter waited at a service counter, her deputy, Kelly Yaeger, hasn't responded, either."
"While Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas and his chief of staff insisted both Monday and Tuesday that County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus is not the one in charge of election duties this recall election, her actions say otherwise.
While Nickolaus has refused to respond to this reporter's questions in her office, turning her back and closing her office door while the reporter waited at a service counter, her deputy, Kelly Yaeger, hasn't responded, either."
Exit polls today will answer big questions about Wisconsin's polarized electorate - JSOnline
Exit polls today will answer big questions about Wisconsin's polarized electorate - JSOnline
We’ll begin reporting after 4 pm Milwaukee time on the preliminary exit poll numbers, and what they tell us about the Wisconsin voters who turned out Tuesday: their demographic and political characteristics, their attitudes on key questions, and some of the most striking differences between Walker voters and Barrett voters.
Nothing will be reported before the polls close at 8 pm that attempts to project or characterize the final outcome of the recall race. The exit poll numbers can change over the course of the evening as more polling data comes in from people voting later in the day, so they should be read cautiously.
Below are some highlights from the 2010 exit polls (the first Walker-Barrett race).
We’ll begin reporting after 4 pm Milwaukee time on the preliminary exit poll numbers, and what they tell us about the Wisconsin voters who turned out Tuesday: their demographic and political characteristics, their attitudes on key questions, and some of the most striking differences between Walker voters and Barrett voters.
Nothing will be reported before the polls close at 8 pm that attempts to project or characterize the final outcome of the recall race. The exit poll numbers can change over the course of the evening as more polling data comes in from people voting later in the day, so they should be read cautiously.
Below are some highlights from the 2010 exit polls (the first Walker-Barrett race).
Registering to Vote on Election Day | Mike Quieto for Dane County Clerk
Registering to Vote on Election Day | Mike Quieto for Dane County Clerk
Voters may register at their polling place on Election Day, but the must present “proof of residence.” Note that another voter may no longer “vouch” for someone’s address.
Remember that you now need to have lived at an address for 28 days to register. If you moved less than 28 days ago, you need to vote at your old address and polling place.
When registering, you don’t need to show ID, but you will need to provide your Wisconsin Driver’s License or ID card number (if you have one). Voters without a Wisconsin Driver’s License or ID card must provide the last four digits of their Social Security Number.
Acceptable forms of “proof of residence” are:
Voters may register at their polling place on Election Day, but the must present “proof of residence.” Note that another voter may no longer “vouch” for someone’s address.
Remember that you now need to have lived at an address for 28 days to register. If you moved less than 28 days ago, you need to vote at your old address and polling place.
When registering, you don’t need to show ID, but you will need to provide your Wisconsin Driver’s License or ID card number (if you have one). Voters without a Wisconsin Driver’s License or ID card must provide the last four digits of their Social Security Number.
Acceptable forms of “proof of residence” are:
- A current and valid Wisconsin driver’s license or Wisconsin identification card.
- Any other official identification card or license issued by a Wisconsin governmental body or unit
- An identification card issued by an employer in the normal course of business, which has a photograph of the cardholder, but not a business card.
- A real estate tax bill or receipt for the current year or the year preceding the date of the election.
- A utility bill for the period commencing not earlier than 90 days before the election.
- A tuition bill
- A bank statement.
- A paycheck.
- A check or other document issued by a unit of government.
- a residential lease.
WI Citizens for Election Protection | Jim Mueller
WI Citizens for Election Protection
Urge people to use paper ballots and avoid the touch screen machines that so many small municipalities are pushing people to use. Insist on a paper ballot.
People using the touch screen machines should "write in" (type in) their choices in the write-in section. Everyone should look at the paper trail to see if it is at least recording the vote correctly on the paper (that doesn't mean that the machine recorded the vote properly in its memory but the paper is important for a recount). Voters using touch screen machines should linger at the machine a while after they vote to make sure that the machines does not cancel their vote and print out a new vote on the paper trail.
If a touch screen voting machine flips a vote that is more likely evidence of fraudulent or incorrect programming and adjusting than it is of voter mistake. Filipping incidents should be loudly reported, documented and a request should be made to remove the machine from further usage and sequester it for examination by independent experts.
Report the incident bny phone and in writing to the GAB and to this Facebook page.
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