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I just have to vent about this little thing.
So, thousands, probably tens of thousands of people, requested ballots on time but didn& #39;t get them.
The state tracker says they were "mailed."
Maybe they were mailed. Maybe a label was printed but a ballot wasn& #39;t sent.
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So, thousands, probably tens of thousands of people, requested ballots on time but didn& #39;t get them.
The state tracker says they were "mailed."
Maybe they were mailed. Maybe a label was printed but a ballot wasn& #39;t sent.
1/x
Maybe there& #39;s a glitch in the data and a ballot wasn& #39;t sent.
Regardless, these voters didn& #39;t get a ballot.
Municipalities, however, have options. For example, they could email or fax a ballot, and the voter can print it and then submit it. Until Sunday, that is.
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Regardless, these voters didn& #39;t get a ballot.
Municipalities, however, have options. For example, they could email or fax a ballot, and the voter can print it and then submit it. Until Sunday, that is.
2/x
Apparently, there& #39;s a provision of state law, in which you can& #39;t do that Monday or Tuesday.
Even if you are a voter, who requested a ballot on time, and didn& #39;t receive your ballot.
So for those voters, who did everything the way they were supposed to...
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Even if you are a voter, who requested a ballot on time, and didn& #39;t receive your ballot.
So for those voters, who did everything the way they were supposed to...
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And that is to risk their health and safety, and perhaps the entire community& #39;s health, and go to the polls.
If they are sick, obviously they can& #39;t go. If they are self-isolating with someone who is at risk, they obviously can& #39;t go.
GOP/ SCOWIS/ SCOTUS don& #39;t care.
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If they are sick, obviously they can& #39;t go. If they are self-isolating with someone who is at risk, they obviously can& #39;t go.
GOP/ SCOWIS/ SCOTUS don& #39;t care.
4/x
It gets worse. So, last night, some of us thought if you& #39;d requested a ballot on time, you could still get an email ballot.
The WI Election Commission, late last night, said no way no how.
We had to issue corrections ...
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The WI Election Commission, late last night, said no way no how.
We had to issue corrections ...
5/x
(changing things hour by hour had already resulted in mass confusion, right?)
But today, new information. Turns out, if you requested a ballot on time, but it *wasn& #39;t "mailed"* then you CAN get an email ballot.
But wait, "mailed" doesn& #39;t mean what you think it does.
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But today, new information. Turns out, if you requested a ballot on time, but it *wasn& #39;t "mailed"* then you CAN get an email ballot.
But wait, "mailed" doesn& #39;t mean what you think it does.
6/x
The test is whether state& #39;s database says it was "mailed." It doesn& #39;t matter if it ACTUALLY was "mailed" or not. What matters is whether the state THINKS it was "mailed."
So there& #39;s fewer than 10,000 voters who qualify for these ballots... but most of them don& #39;t know it.
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So there& #39;s fewer than 10,000 voters who qualify for these ballots... but most of them don& #39;t know it.
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This is just one SMALL example of how screwed up this is. I could do a whole & #39;nother thread on people who THOUGHT the 13th was the deadline but it changed after it was too late for them.
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8/x
For example, one friend& #39;s daughter mailed her ballot to her yesterday, from her main home to the place she is staying to care for a family member. She thought she had until the 13th. Now her ballot is in transit, and she won& #39;t get it back in time.
9/x
9/x
Or all the people who simply are out of luck because they can& #39;t go to the polls for health/safety reasons, but never received their ballot.
10/x
10/x
This is not democracy. This is not freedom. This is not the America we deserve.
SCOTUS, SCOWIS, the intransigent, extremist, power-hungry, corrupt, right-wing GOP legislators, they are all to blame.
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SCOTUS, SCOWIS, the intransigent, extremist, power-hungry, corrupt, right-wing GOP legislators, they are all to blame.
11/x
And make no mistake, some people will get sick, die, or be permanently injured because they chose to vote instead of having their voice silenced.
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12/x
We are supposed to be past having to die for the right to vote. That was "history."
But it is here today.
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But it is here today.
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