So why are you
proposing allowing
an early count
of absentee ballots
on the Monday
before a Tuesday election?
Yeah, we just know
from the last few cycles
that Milwaukee has been
the later reporter
amongst the election results
in the state of Wisconsin.
It's led to conspiracies
that there is
late-night ballot dumps
and all kinds of conjecture
that was built from that
and exploded
over the years
every time we have
a statewide election.
So the answer is to do
what 43 other states do
and to figure out a way
that we can get
the ballots counted
and people can go to bed
knowing who won the election
on Election Day.
So when President Trump says
he wants to ban
mail-in voting
and go back to
hand-counting ballots
you said in an article
I read, quote
We put out the fire.
He stokes it.
What do you mean
by that?
So our bill package
does talk about a lot
of the things
that President Trump
has brought up
about security
knowing who the person is
who's voting
things like that.
But we also
want to know
like I've said
a few times
that we want to know
who won the election
on Election Day.
Going back to hand counting
or not using machines
delays that into perpetuity.
So just trying
to set aside
the conjecture that
the machines
are the problem
or that we're having
late-night ballot dumps
we can
still do absentee
voting by mail
and Wisconsin and get
the job done on
Election Day.