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02-19-2008, 05:33 PM
Scattered Problems At The Polls Tuesday
Mick Trevey
Katie DeLong
MILWAUKEE - Voter turnout for the Wisconsin Primary Election was heavy Tuesday, and election officials had to deal with some scattered problems at the polls.
At the East Library in Milwaukee Tuesday morning, the ballot scanner hit a snag Tuesday morning. So did scanners at a few other places in Milwaukee.
Voters at Milwaukee’s German Immersion School had a tough time getting ballot scanners to read their votes.
The city of Milwaukee promises those votes will still count.
“The electors are instructed to put their ballots in a secure box within the machine and as soon as machine is up and running the poll worker will pull them out and they'll process them. They'll all get processed,” Milwaukee Election Director Susan Edman said.
At Marquette’s Student Union, lines were long. Poll workers said they were registering about one voter a minute, but they insist they stocked up with enough ballots to keep up.
Snow and ice caused problems too, especially in Sussex. Plow crews never touched the village's polling place at the National Guard Armory. That is, until poll workers showed up early Tuesday morning and realized the place was thick with ice.
“When we got the call and said it was rough conditions, we jumped on it and had our crews out here,” Sussex Village Administrator Evan Teich said.
The village of Sussex put down a lot of salt and sand, and the National Guard called their snow contractor.
“Once the National Guard had gotten here as well, they jumped on it as well. They brought their own salt and their crews were working here as we're talking,” Teich said.
Sussex crews were able to take care of most of the ice by mid morning Tuesday, and village leaders say luckily no on was hurt.
There were also problems with icy sidewalks near polls in West Allis, and the city of Milwaukee.
Those too were taken care of.
Election workers are busy taking phone calls at Milwaukee’s City Hall. They are on hand to help you find your polling place or answer registration questions.
The number to call them is 286-VOTE.
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Mick Trevey
Katie DeLong
MILWAUKEE - Voter turnout for the Wisconsin Primary Election was heavy Tuesday, and election officials had to deal with some scattered problems at the polls.
At the East Library in Milwaukee Tuesday morning, the ballot scanner hit a snag Tuesday morning. So did scanners at a few other places in Milwaukee.
Voters at Milwaukee’s German Immersion School had a tough time getting ballot scanners to read their votes.
The city of Milwaukee promises those votes will still count.
“The electors are instructed to put their ballots in a secure box within the machine and as soon as machine is up and running the poll worker will pull them out and they'll process them. They'll all get processed,” Milwaukee Election Director Susan Edman said.
At Marquette’s Student Union, lines were long. Poll workers said they were registering about one voter a minute, but they insist they stocked up with enough ballots to keep up.
Snow and ice caused problems too, especially in Sussex. Plow crews never touched the village's polling place at the National Guard Armory. That is, until poll workers showed up early Tuesday morning and realized the place was thick with ice.
“When we got the call and said it was rough conditions, we jumped on it and had our crews out here,” Sussex Village Administrator Evan Teich said.
The village of Sussex put down a lot of salt and sand, and the National Guard called their snow contractor.
“Once the National Guard had gotten here as well, they jumped on it as well. They brought their own salt and their crews were working here as we're talking,” Teich said.
Sussex crews were able to take care of most of the ice by mid morning Tuesday, and village leaders say luckily no on was hurt.
There were also problems with icy sidewalks near polls in West Allis, and the city of Milwaukee.
Those too were taken care of.
Election workers are busy taking phone calls at Milwaukee’s City Hall. They are on hand to help you find your polling place or answer registration questions.
The number to call them is 286-VOTE.
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