Wisconsin Voters Wait Hours At The Few Polling Stations Open Across The State | Talking Points Memo

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of Wisconsin voters waited hours in long lines outside overcrowded polling stations on Tuesday, ignoring federal health recommendations so they could participate in a presidential primary election that tested the limits of electoral politics in the midst of a pandemic.


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How many knowledgeable people can you count in the picture that is under the head line?
I count at least five.
Glad I voted absentee.
If we didn’t have GOP vote suppression, we’d have mail-in ballots for all voters, but no!
Mustn’t let the people vote…

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Note Vos in full regalia.

These fuckers are full blown rightwing fascists. There is no Republican Party, there is only fascism.

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State GOP Chairman Andrew Hitt downplayed the health concerns: “This isn’t New York City.”

https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/index.htm

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State GOP White People’s Fascist Hegemony Party Chairman, Andrew Hitt…

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Accused Rapist-In-Robes Kavbeernaugh delivered for the RethugniCON agenda now…

LET us all hold him to his words this coming November so that the RethugniCONS and Covidiot Dictator cannot say to postpone the incoming presidential election!

Kavanaugh wrote for the majority , “Extending the date by which ballots may be cast by voters — not just received by the municipal clerks but cast by voters — for an additional six days after the scheduled election day fundamentally alters the nature of the election.”

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just so it’s clear.

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You get the same data I do! :wink:


2,578 detected/confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections
745 (29%) hospitalized
92 dead

Heckuvajob, Trumplethinskin!

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Saying the quiet part out loud.

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So when some know-it-all jackass starts throwing out “Soldiers died for your right to vote”, then let’s not forget those that stood in lines of hours on end, with their health at risk because one political party’s desire to hang onto power.

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Oh that one is a profile in courage. What a freaking jerkfaced moron. And a jackass to boot.

Is there any thread where Wisconsin primary results are coming in?

Is there any thread where Wisconsin primary results are coming in?

I believe they will not be reporting results until next week. I think it was part of the court decision.

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