BREAKING: Joe Biden still wants people in Wisconsin to vote in person. "A convention with 10,000 people in an arena..is very different from having people walking into a polling booth..." Says he also supports using "some" mail-ballots. But refuses to support all-mail election.
Full Biden quote: "A convention with 10,000 people in an arena is very different from having people walk into a polling booth with accurate spacing, 6 to 10 feet apart." Also mentioned booths being wiped down after each use. Hard to think this really works with CDC guidelines...
Cleaned up quote: "A convention having tens of thousands of people in one arena is very different than having people walk into a polling booth with accurate spacing, six to 10 feet apart, one at time going in, and having machines scrubbed down...I think it& #39;s possible to do both."
Biden was specifically asked if he thought the Wisconsin primary (scheduled for next week) should go on as-planned when the Democratic National Convention (scheduled for this summer) was postponed, in light of public health officials& #39; concerns. He insisted it "could be done."
BTW: Biden& #39;s statement about doing "both" is a reference to a combination of in-person voting and vote-by-mail balloting in Wisconsin. Just realized that, out of context, could be interpreted as referring to DNC. He supports postponing DNC; Wisconsin primary as currently planned.
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