They Turned Out to Vote in Wisconsin During a Health Crisis. Here's Why.

[RandySF]

At Washington High School on Milwaukee’s North Side, a woman carried a homemade sign that read “This Is Ridiculous.”

Despite their trepidation, voters who showed up at polling locations — there were only five in Milwaukee, compared with the typical 180 — said that this was their day to be heard. Some Democrats spoke of a sense of defiance to their actions, a determination to challenge the state Republicans who refused to move the election date even after requests from public health experts.

Nyree Sanders, 45, contacted her work supervisor while she was in line, after it became clear the voting process would take up much more of her day than anticipated.

“I just don’t get as to why they were so insistent that we have to vote today,” Ms. Sanders said. “Why don’t they take us into account? Why don’t they take our health into account?”

Chris Wheeler, an appliance repairman, said he thought about not voting, but since he’s been working a high-risk job anyway to sustain his income, he decided he might as well “exercise my constitutional right.”




https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-democratic-voters.html

[SheltieLover]

1. More heroic patriots!

[Initech]

2. Because fuck you Trump, that's why!

[aeromanKC]

12. Pic says a 1000 words

Link to tweet

[Initech]

13. Yes it does!

[spooky3]

3. Thank you, Wisconsin voters! nt

[babylonsister]

4. Huge props to all you fearless patriots!! nt

[Cha]

5. Brave Souls to the Polls!.. I would be doing the same damn thing..

only our Democratic leaders have made Hawaii's Voting all Mail In now. It was scheduled for April 4th but now I'm anxiously waiting for my mail in ballot!

Wisconsin Voters!

[cheesehed]

6. Thank you!

I salute you and thank you!

From a fellow cheesehead

[BadgerMom]

7. Wisconsin voters are heroes of democracy.

[onetexan]

10. +1 K&R

[caraher]

11. Wisconsin DEMOCRATIC voters are

Anyone still voting for Republicans in Wisconsin is an enemy of democracy...

[The Magistrate]

8. Hail To The Patriots, Sir!

God bless them.

[SunSeeker]

9. Thank you, Wisconsin Democratic heroes!

And as for you Wisconsin Republicans, fuck off you traitors. You are literally the enemy of the people.

[King_Klonopin]

14. They had to vote because the GOP in Wisconsin decided to bust their balls

Why? Because they hold a "majority"* and that's what republicans do.
Even worse in this case, they didn't give two shits if you had to risk your life -- literally.

The primary doesn't matter to them, Trump is basically unopposed.


* through duplicitous means, as always.

[mahina]

15. It makes no sense to at the same time cut polling places from 180 to 5

In the middle of a lethal epidemic and say voting must be done in one day unless the intention is to suppress the vote. This is vile and it is how we lost 2016. Russia hurt. Bro’s Burt. Voter suppression cost is hundreds of thousands of votes and it was done exactly like this, minus the lethal virus.

FUCKERS need to be permanently out of power.

[StevieM]

16. James Comey dominated that election to start to finish.

He completely redefined our candidate as a public servant and as a human being. Without his illegitimate actions we would have destroyed Trump.

[mahina]

17. Check the numbers

He is to blame for a lot.

Voter suppression even more. https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/4/rev_barber_systematic_racialized_voter_suppression