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kpete

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Thu Jan 12, 2012, 12:35 PM Jan 2012

"Glitch" In Fitzwalker's Restricting Map Puts Sheboygan Voters in Africa

THU JAN 12, 2012 AT 05:55 AM PST
FitzWalkerstan's Rushed Redistricting Map Puts Sheboygan Voters in Africa
byGiles Goat BoyFollow

"We're not only changing and moving districts, we're changing the system beneath it," said Julie Glancey, the Sheboygan County clerk. "We had many, many voters who showed up (on the computer map) on the coast of Africa and we had to drag them back to the state of Wisconsin and put them where they belonged."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/clerks-scrambling-to-get-voters-in-right-districts-3v3ov36-137102098.html

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"Glitch" In Fitzwalker's Restricting Map Puts Sheboygan Voters in Africa (Original Post) kpete Jan 2012 OP
I'm in Africa? Archae Jan 2012 #1
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. n/t snacker Jan 2012 #2
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