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Are WI Polls closed? (Original Post) SheltieLover Apr 2020 OP
Votes won't be counted until 4/13 is my understanding. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2020 #1
That gives them plenty of time.... not_the_one Apr 2020 #3
TY! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #2
Polls "officially" closed statewide at 8 p.m. Central time. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #4
TY KY! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #7
How was the turnout? Polybius Apr 2020 #5
A post elsewhere. TomSlick Apr 2020 #6

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
4. Polls "officially" closed statewide at 8 p.m. Central time.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 11:25 PM
Apr 2020
Election day live blog: An hour after closing time, voters still in line at Milwaukee's Riverside High
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 6:48 a.m. CT April 7, 2020 | Updated 9:53 p.m. CT April 7, 2020

9:04 p.m. An hour after polls closed, a long line at Riverside voting site

Link: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/07/wisconsin-april-7-presidential-primary-election-updates-voting-pandemic-milwaukee-polling-places/2959757001/

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An hour after polls closed statewide at 8 p.m., there was still a long line of voters outside of Riverside University High School on Milwaukee's east side waiting for their turn to vote. Many in line were standing closer than the recommended six-foot distance. Many of the people in line were wearing paper or makeshift masks.

Voters expressed frustration with the circumstances of Tuesday's voting and being funneled through such a limited number of polling sites in the city.

Amina Merchant, 39, was wearing a full plastic shield over her face with a paper mask beneath it as she left the polling place about 8:40 p.m. She said she didn't request her absentee ballot in time, so she waited two hours in line. Merchant said she is worried about her health and just gave birth two weeks ago.

"I think this is terrible," she said of the situation in which she cast her ballot. "I think it's completely unhealthy. I think everyone's safety is at risk. If you look, nobody is keeping or adhering to the social distancing of six feet, and so I am very worried for everyone's health, including my own."


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