Election Officials Bracing for a Flood of Mail-in Ballots in November
Election Officials Bracing for a Flood of Mail-in Ballots in November
SOLEDAD: WELCOME BACK. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN DIGGING INTO ISSUES SURROUNDING THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR ABSENTEE AND MAIL-IN VOTING. TALKING WITH EXPERTS ABOUT THE POST OFFICE AND ITS ABILITY TO DELIVER THE BALLOTS ON TIME. SO, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER WHEN TENS OF MILLIONS OF VOTERS JOIN THE RANKS OF ABSENTEE AND MAIL IN VOTERS? WE LOOK TO WISCONSIN WHERE MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND MAIL IN BALLOTS WERE REJECTED IN THE APRIL PRIMARY, AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY EXPECT NEARLY 2 MILLION REQUESTS FOR MAIL IN BALLOTS FOR NOVEMBER. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S A STRESSFUL SITUATION, AS WE FOUND OUT WHEN WE SPENT A DAY WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE바카라 게임 웹사이트S MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION. >> MY NAME IS DIANE COENEN, I AM THE CLERK FOR THE CITY OF OCONOMOWOC AND I AM ALSO THE PRESIDENT FOR THE WISCONSIN MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION. I AM HEARING FROM MANY CLERKS AROUND THE STATE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THEY NEED, DUE TO THE HUGE INCREASE IN THE WORKLOAD THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE CREATING. >> THEY JUST KEPT COMING IN. I바카라 게임 웹사이트M LIKE, MY GOD, I CAN바카라 게임 웹사이트T GET THESE DONE. >> THE SOONER YOU CAN REQUEST YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT, THE SOONER THE CLERK CAN MAIL THAT OUT TO YOU. THEY HAVE SOME TIME TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES AND GET IT BACK IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR US TO RECEIVE IT AND NOTIFY THEM IF MISTAKES NEED TO BE CORRECTED. WE DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT OF FRAUD. MOST PEOPLE WHO REQUEST THE ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTE THAT BALLOT THEMSELVES AND MAIL IT BACK. WE DO KNOW THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL REQUEST BALLOTS FOR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND IT IS SUSPECT, WHO ACTUALLY VOTED THAT BALLOT. >> HOW ABOUT THE FILING? >> THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR THE CLERK AND THEIR STAFF. YOU TRY TO KEEP YOUR STAFF SAFE, YOU TRY TO KEEP YOUR POLL WORKERS SAFE AND HEALTHY. YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR VOTERS SAFE AND HEALTHY. THE STRESS IS A NORM IS AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST.
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Election Officials Bracing for a Flood of Mail-in Ballots in November
Election officials across the country are bracing for a massive influx of absentee and mail-in ballot come November. This comes after spring and summer elections didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t exactly go smoothly. According to NPR, more than 550,000 ballots were rejected during the presidential primaries. We look at the battleground state of Wisconsin, which rejected more than 20,000 ballots during the April primary, and now expects nearly 2 million requests for mail-in ballots for November.
Election officials across the country are bracing for a massive influx of absentee and mail-in ballot come November. This comes after spring and summer elections didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t exactly go smoothly. According to NPR, more than 550,000 ballots were rejected during the presidential primaries. We look at the battleground state of Wisconsin, which rejected more than 20,000 ballots during the April primary, and now expects nearly 2 million requests for mail-in ballots for November.
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