Wisconsin: Early voting? No, there's no early voting in many municipalities. [View all]

[Scuba]

Just got off the phone with a local Democrat who also serves as a poll worker in our little hamlet. She confirmed there is NO early voting available here; the clerk is offering absentee ballots as an alternative.

I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure they were legally required to allow early voting Oct 22nd through today.

I'll be voting (all Democratic) on Tuesday.



Apparently we're not the only place in the State with this problem...

http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=25379

Dear Wisconsinites: Were your local polls open for early voting today in Wisconsin?

The polls in the Town of Shields in rural Marquette County were closed when Sandy Becker stopped by on the 2nd to last early voting day – Thursday.

Sandy contacted me online and on the phone and described the scene.

The town hall’s doors were locked and an 8 1/2″ by 11″ piece of paper that listed all voters who were sent an absentee ballot was tacked to the front door. The sheet did not list a clerk phone number or mention appointment options.

The population of Shields was 456 at the 2000 census. Before you blow this post off as insignificant,cosmopolitan readers, consider if you will that 30% of Wisconsin’s population lives in towns. How the vote is conducted in these tiny towns is a big deal.