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RandySF

(57,661 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 10:33 PM Apr 2020

They Turned Out to Vote in Wisconsin During a Health Crisis. Here's Why. [View all]

At Washington High School on Milwaukee’s North Side, a woman carried a homemade sign that read “This Is Ridiculous.”

Despite their trepidation, voters who showed up at polling locations — there were only five in Milwaukee, compared with the typical 180 — said that this was their day to be heard. Some Democrats spoke of a sense of defiance to their actions, a determination to challenge the state Republicans who refused to move the election date even after requests from public health experts.

Nyree Sanders, 45, contacted her work supervisor while she was in line, after it became clear the voting process would take up much more of her day than anticipated.

“I just don’t get as to why they were so insistent that we have to vote today,” Ms. Sanders said. “Why don’t they take us into account? Why don’t they take our health into account?”

Chris Wheeler, an appliance repairman, said he thought about not voting, but since he’s been working a high-risk job anyway to sustain his income, he decided he might as well “exercise my constitutional right.”




https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-democratic-voters.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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