Forms, ballots running out at some Milwaukee polling places
Source: JSOnline
Registration forms and ballots are running out at some City of Milwaukee polling sites.
Poll workers at Phyllis Wheatley School, 2442 N. 20th St., reported having only 10 paper ballots shortly after 6 p.m. with many people waiting in line. The polling place had already run low on ballots earlier in the day and election officials dropped off more.
As of 6 p.m. 548 ballots were cast at Phyllis Wheatley School, more than twice as many as in previous elections, said Lois Sneed, chief elections inspector.
Reports of ballots running out at a polling site in Sherman Park on Tuesday evening couldn't be confirmed.
Registration forms for residents signing up to vote also ran low or were gone at several wards in Milwaukee. Janet Veum, communications coordinator for Wisconsin Jobs Now, said registration forms ran out at Wards 141 and 142 at 2450 N. 6th St. Ballots and registration forms ran out at 53rd St. School, and ballots were running low at the Center St. Library.
Poll workers at Wards 108 and 109 at Ben Franklin School, 2308 W. Nash St., and Wards 110 and 111 at Children's Outing Association, 2320 W. Burleigh St., also reported running out of registration forms for new voters.
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Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)If they do run out of ballots and people are unable to vote or have to wait a long period of time to cast their ballot that is a very bad thing. The very idea of a polling place running out of ballots is undemocratic, ballots cost very little to print and there is no reason they could not have printed extra.
High turnout is good, running out of ballots is something we should demand accountability for however.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)remember Whitewell and the nine-hour lines in Cleveland?