I
N
TONIGHT'S LOOK
AHEAD, IN
% THE
FEBRUARY 18
SPRING
PRIMARY
% ELECTIONS I
N
NORTHERN
WISCONSIN,% THERE COULD BE
SOME
C
ONFUSION
% FOR ABSENTEE
VOTERS.
% THAT'S
BECAUSE THERE
A
RE
T
WO
% BALLOTS.
% ONE
WEN
T
OU
T
EARLIER
FOR
THE
% SPECIAL
PRIMARY
FOR
% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7
.
% ANOTHER CAME OUT
LATER
AND
% INCLUDES
BOTH
THE
7
TH
% CONGRESSIONAL
AND
STATE-WIDE
% JUSTICE OF
THE SUPREME
COURT
% PRIMARY
A
ND
OTHER
COUNT
Y
O
R
% MUNICIPAL
CONTESTS.
% WHAT
HAPPENS
IF AN
ABSENTEE
% VOTER
FILLS
OUT
BOTH?
% WE TURN
T
O
THE CITY
O
F
SUPERIOR
% CLERK AND
ELECTIONS
OFFICIAL,
% TERRY
COLON
,
WHO
JOINS US FROM
% SUPERIOR.%>> GOOD
MORNI
NG.
% THANK YOU FOR
HAVING
US.
% >>
W
E WANT
T
O
PUT
UP
T
HESE
% DIFFERENT
VERSIONS OF
THE
% BALLOT.%WE
HAVE
THE
"A"
BAT
LOCAL
FOR
% THE
7
TH
CONGRESSIONAL ONLY
AND
% THEN WE
HAVE
THE
B
BALLOT
WHICH
% INCLUDES
THE SUPREME COURT
RACE
% AND
OTH
ER
L
OCAL
ELECTIONS.
% DESCRIBE WHY
THESE
T
WO
VERSIONS
% ARE
NECESSARY.% >>
WELL,
BECAUSE
THE
% CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT
IS A
% FEDERAL
ELECTION, A FEDERAL
% POSITION.
% THOSE
BALLOTS
NEED TO
BE
MAILED
% OUT
B
Y
L
AW
4
7
DAYS PRIOR
T
O
THE
% ELECTION, WHICH
IS
JANUARY 2.
% OUR LOCAL
FIL
ING
DEADLINE
WASN'T
% EVEN
UNTIL
JANUARY 7.
% SO WE
HAD
T
O
S
EN
D
OUT A
SECOND
% BALLOT T
HAT
INCLUDED
THE
% CONGRESSIONAL
RACE
A
LONG
WITH
% OUR
LOCAL
RACE
S.% >>
S
O
WALK U
S
THROUGH
WHA
T
% HAPPENS.
% IF AN
ABSENTEE VOTER
FILLED
O
UT
% BALLOT
A
,
THE
N
GOT
B
ALLOT
B
% LATER AND
FILLE
D
THAT
OUT
ALSO.
% >>
IF
THEY
RETURN BOT
H
O
F
THEM,
% WE
WILL
REJECT
BALLOT
A
AND
WE
% WILL COUNT
BALLOT
B
.% >>
SO
-
YEAH.
% IN
TH
IS
C
AS
E
WHA
T
H
APPENS
IF A
% VOTER
FILLED
OUT
BALLOT
A
,
THEN
% GOT
BALLOT
B
AND
BECAUSE
THEY'D
% ALREADY FILLED
OUT
A
I
N
THE
% CONGRESSIONAL
RACE,
THE
Y
DON'T
% FILL
O
UT
THAT
PART
O
F
B
ALLOT
B
,
% THINKING,
WELL, I DON'T WAN
T
O
% VOTE
TWICE?
% >>
YEAH.
% THERE'S A LOT
OF
CONFUSION
OVER
% THAT
AND
WE'VE
GOTTEN A
LOT
OF
% PHONE
CALLS.
% BUT
OUR
DIRECTION FROM
THE
STATE
% IS
IF
T
HEY
RETURN
BALLOT
B,
% BALLOT A
IS
REJECTED.
% WE
DON'T OPEN IT.
% WE
DON'T
L
OOK
A
T
IT.
% SO
W
E
W
ON'T
KNOW.
% >> OH.
% WELL, WHAT
CONCERNS DO YOU
HAVE
% THAT
SOM
E
VOTERS'
INTENTIONS% MIGHT BE
NULLIFIED
BECAUSE
O
F
% THESE
BALLOTS?
% >> IT
I
S
A
C
ONCERN,
B
UT
I
'M
% REALLY NOT
SURE.
% WE
DIDN'
T
RECEIVE
A
NY
OTHER
% DIRECTION FROM
THE
STATE
ON
H
OW
% TO
HANDLE IT.
% SO
WE'RE
JUST
FOLLOWING
WHAT
% THEY
ARE TELLING
US
TO
DO.
% >> HAVE
YOU
GOTTEN
ANY
QUESTIONS
% FROM
CANDIDATES
THEMSELVES
%
THEIR PARTIES
ABOUT
THESE
KIND
% OF
DUELING
BALLOTS?
% >>
NOT SO
MUCH
THE
CANDIDATES,
% BUT A
LOT
O
F
ABSENTEE
VOTERS WHO
% RECEIVED A
BALLOT, HAVE
BEEN
%
CONFUSED.
% WE
PUT
SOME
PRETTY
GOOD
% DIRECTIONS I
N
T
HE
ENVELOPE
WIT
H
% THE
B
ALLOT
IN
HOPES
THAT TH
EY
% WOULD READ
IT AND
UNDERSTAND
IT
% AND FILL
O
UT
THE
F
ULL
SECOND
% BALLOT.%>> WHAT
IS
YOU
R
MOST
% STRAIGHTFORWARD
GUIDANCE
THEN
% FOR
THESE
VOTERS?
% >> TO
FIL
L
OUT
THE
B
BALLOT
% COMPLETELY AND RETURN
IT.
% >>
AND
WHY IS
THAT?
% >>
BECAUSE
THAT
WILL
HAVE
ALL OF
% THE
RACE
S
O
N
THERE,
INCLUDING
% THE
CONGRESSIONAL,
EVEN
THOUGH
% THEY
VOTED T
HE
A
BALLOT WITH
% JUST THE
CONGRESSIONAL.% >>
OKAY.
% HOW
MANY
ABSENTEE VOTERS
MIGHT
% THIS
AFFECT?
%
>>
I
TH
INK
WE
SEND
O
UT
CLOSE
T
O
% 700
FOR
THIS
PRIMARY.
% >>
A
ND
IT'S
HAPPENING
AGAIN
FOR
% THE
PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY; IS% THAT
R
IGHT
?
% >>
CORRECT.
% THERE'S
GOING TO
BE
AN
A
AND
B
% BALLOT
FOR
THE
SPRING
% APRIL ELECTION.
% THE A
BALLOT
WILL
HAVE TO BE
I
N
% THE
MAIL
BY
FEBRUARY 20, WHICH% IS
RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER, TWO
% DAYS AFTER
TH
E
PRIMARY,
AND
TH
E
% B
BALLO
T WILL
G
O
OU
T
ON
MARCH
% 17.%>>
S
O
IT
SEEMS
POTENTIALLY
LIK
E
% MORE
WORK
AND A
LITTLE
B
IT
MOR
E
% READING
AND
FOCUS
FOR
VOTERS
WHO
% HAVE
TO
FILL
T
HESE THINGS
OUT
.
% BUT
A
T
LEAST AFT
ER
THIS
% FEBRUARY ELECTION
YOU'LL
HAVE
% HAD KIND
OF
S
OME
PRACTICE
W
ITH
% IT.
% >>
YEAH.
% WE'RE STILL
TRYING T
O
WORK
% THROUGH TH
E
DETAILS
O
N
OU
R
END
% HOW
W
E'RE
GOING
TO
DO
IT,
% BECAUSE
W
E
CENTRAL
COUNT
OU
R
% ABSENTEE
BALLOTS.
% THEY'RE
COUNTED
A
T
OU
R
% GOVERNMENT
CENTER
BY
ELECTION
% INSPECTORS ON
ELECTION
D
AY.
% >>
SO --
% >> SO
WE'RE
JUS
T
TRYING
TO
% FIGURE OUT THE
DETAILS
OF
HOW
% WE'RE
GOING
TO
D
O
TH
AT.
% >> IT'S
COMING
RIGHT UP ON
YOU,
% TOO.%>>
IT
SURE
I
S.
% >>
YEA
H.
% AFTER
SEEING WHAT
HAPPENED
IN
% THE
IOWA
CAUCUS,
HOW
GLAD ARE
% YOU THA
T
YOU'RE JUS
T
DEALING
% WITH
TW
O
BALLOTS?
% >> VERY
GLAD.
% >>
YEAH.
% >>
I
WOULDN'T
WANT TO
B
E
I
N
% THEIR POSITION.%>> YEAH.
% FOR
SUR
E.
% ALL
RIGHT.
% TERRY
KALAN,
THANKS
VER
Y MUCH
% FOR
JOINING
US
A
ND
GOO
D
LUC
K%