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RandySF

(70,652 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:54 AM Apr 2020

Gov. Tony Evers to use National Guard members to work the polls amid massive shortage of workers

MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers has agreed to use members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard to work at the polls during the April 7 election amid a massive shortage of poll workers that is leaving some communities without anyone to give voters ballots on Election Day.

More than 100 communities in Wisconsin don't have any poll workers for the spring election in six days and a record number of voters are overwhelming clerks with absentee ballots — leading to warnings that thousands of votes may not be counted.

"Governor Evers has agreed to use members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard to assist as poll workers, but it is anticipated that the assistance of the National Guard will not satisfy all of the current staffing needs," Assistant Attorney General Hannah Jurss wrote in a brief filed in a federal lawsuit seeking to postpone the eletion. "The National Guard is currently determining how many personnel it can make available for each county."


https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/01/tony-evers-use-national-guard-members-work-polls-amid-massive-shortage-workers/5102869002/

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