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"Voter Fraud" Van Hollen: Wisconsin Voting Goes Smoothly
Though his lawsuit threatened to hold up registrations and his poll watchers threatened to create long lines and frivolous challenges, not even GOP Attorney Gen. J.B. Van Hollen's best efforts to raise the specter of voter fraud could suppress Wisconsin's voter turnout.
Wisconsin's top election official, Kevin Kennedy, estimated between 2.9 million and 3 million voters cast ballots in the election the AP reports. That's just under the number of 2004 and nearly 70 percent of the voting-age population.
"As far as voting, everything seems to be going very smoothly in the state," Van Hollen told WTMJ radio.
"We've had very few problems around the state. It appears as though the reports are that most polling places are conducting themselves very well."
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Zachary
That could be because there were a bunch of Obama Voter Protection volunteers stationed at assigned Wards looking out for suppression efforts. I was one of them. The Ward I was stationed at ran smoothly thanks to well trained, friendly, and efficient poll workers. At one point, a WI DOJ attorney stopped in with two individuals who didn't identify who they were representing(which the Chief Election Inspector didn't really appreciate). The DOJ attorney asked me a couple of questions and then moved on. I observed the whole day and no voter was challenged and no provisional ballots were necessary. I do wonder what might have happened if I wasn't there. It sounds like a few other wards might not have been quite as sedate.
November 6, 2008 3:42 PM | Reply | Permalink