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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMilwaukee nurse, coming off shift, denied right to vote at 8:03pm last night
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Chris Jansing ✔@ChrisJansing
Heartbreaking and maddening: a Milwaukee nurse, just coming off a shift of saving lives, turned away at the polls because she arrived 3 minutes after 8. "I'm upset...because they've been saying so many different things about how you're supposed to vote and when..can't do it now"
1:25 PM - Apr 8, 2020
What the actual fuck???
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Milwaukee nurse, coming off shift, denied right to vote at 8:03pm last night (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Apr 2020
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)1. K and R 😠
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)2. Despite the Governor, WI is dirty repug state
...one of the worst after Scott Walker's tenure.
Efilroft Sul
(3,578 posts)3. Not sure of Wisconsin voting laws, but here in Pennsylvania...
If the nurse were in line at eight, she would be able to vote. If there were no line and she showed up at 8:03, she wouldn't be allowed to vote.
kevink077
(365 posts)4. That is lousy, but the rules.
if she did get there at 8:03 and was not in line, than no she cannot vote.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)5. Yeah, well there's a pandemic happening and she was helping save lives
Fuck the rules in this case.
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)6. There should be no rules
at a time like this. Common sense must prevail.