Stories tagged: "why i vote 2020"

Elections Washington High School was one of Milwaukee's five polling places open on April 7. The city's voters overwhelmingly approved a recurring $87 million referendum to improve Milwaukee Public Schools. Across the state, Wisconsinites approved more than 90 percent of school referenda on ballots this month, totaling more than $1.7 billion.
Elections Black Milwaukee Voters Could Decide the Election

After an extreme drop in voter turnout in 2016, a new local group went right to work rebuilding energy and communicating urgency.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski October 16, 2020 1:21 pm CDT
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Elections WATCH: Samer Ghani Didn’t Vote Until Recently. Here’s Why He’s Pleading With You to Vote Now.

This Milwaukee photographer and videographer talks about the high stakes of the November election.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski September 15, 2020 11:59 am CDT
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Voting Plaintiff in Gerrymandering Case: ‘Vote in Order to Create a Fair System.’

Lawmakers will again reconfigure voting districts based on 2020 US Census results next year.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson September 10, 2020 12:55 pm CDT

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) takes questions by speakerphone from reporters on March 25 about the coronavirus outbreak, the "Safer at Home" order, and concerns about the upcoming April 7 election. (Courtesy: WisconsinEye) Politics Vos Admits, ‘Obviously, What We’re Doing Now as a State Isn’t Working’
Drop boxes are designed to provide voters an alternative spot to deliver their absentee ballot, as opposed to traditional mail service. (Photo by Ethan Duran) Voting Do Not Put Your Absentee Ballot in the Mail If You Want Your Vote Counted
President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at the Waukesha County Airport Saturday. During the rally, he continued to spread a lie that the medical field is overreporting and financially benefiting from COVID-19 deaths. Neither claim is true.(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Coronavirus Conspiracists Claim Wisconsin Overcounts COVID Deaths. If Anything, the Real Toll Is Higher.
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