%>>
LOOKING
AHEAD, WE
ARE
JUST
11
%DAYS
AWA
Y
FROM
THE
APRIL 7
%
SPRING
ELECTION AS IT
IS
%CURRENTLY
SCHEDULED,
BUT THERE
%ARE FOUR
LAWSUITS IN
THE
FEDERAL
%COURTS RIGHT
NOW
THAT
COULD
%SCRAMBLE THOSE
PLANS,
INCLUDING
%ONE LAWSUIT
SEEKING
TO
POSTPONE
%THE
ELECTION.
%AND JUST
TODAY,
GOVERNOR TONY
%
EVERS ASKED REPUBLICANS
IN
THE
%LEGISLATURE TO
COME
BACK
INTO
%SESSION
AND
PASS A
LAW
THAT
%WOULD
SEND
ABSENTEE
BALLOTS OUT
%TO
EVERY
VOTER,
ALTHOUGH
THE
%GOVERNOR STILL
WANTS
THE
%ELECTION HELD
O
N
APRIL 7.
%"HERE AND
NOW
"
SENIOR POLITICAL
%REPORTER ZAC SCHULTZ
IS
HERE
%
WITH
SOME
INFORMATION ON
ALL
O
F
%THIS
AND
THANKS FOR
JOINING
US,
%ZAC.%>>
THANK
YOU,
FRED.
%>>
THE
GOVERNOR
WANTS
PEOPLE
TO
%JUST GET
IN A
BALLOT
IN
THE
MAIL
%WITHOUT HAVING
T
O
REQUEST
ONE?
%>>
THAT'S
THE
IDEA
HE
PROPOSED
%TODAY
IN A
VIDEO
ON TWITTER,
%THAT
THE
CLERK
WOULD
%AUTOMATICALLY MAIL
OUT A BALLOT
%TO
EVERYONE.
%THERE'S A LOT O
F
PROBLEMS
I
N
%THAT
IDEA.
%SENATE
MAJORITY
LEADER
%FITZGERALD SAID
IT'S A
COMPLETE
%FANTASY TO
THINK
THAT
WILL
%HAPPEN.
%JUST A WEEK
AGO
THE
ELECTIONS
%COMMISSION
WAS
WORRIED
ABOUT
%HAVING
ENOUGH
ENVELOPES
TO SENDS
%OUT
THE
REQUESTED ABSENTEE
%BALLOTS.%>>
S
O
THAT'S WHY
IT'S A
FANTASY,
%BECAUSE
IT'S A
LOGISTICAL
%NIGHTMARE?
%
>> 11
DAYS
OUT,
THERE'S ALREADY
%BEEN
HALF A
MILLION BALLOT
%REQUESTS AROUND THE STATE.
%SO
T
O
THINK
THAT
THERE'S
ENOUGH
%TIME TO
PUT
THIS
TOGETHER, THE
%
CLERKS
I'VE
BEEN
TALKING
TO OVER
%THE
LAST
WEEK
WERE
WORRIED
ABOUT
%PULLING IT
OFF
IN
GENERAL.
%I
THINK I
HAVE
ENOUGH
ENVELOPES
%FOR
WHAT
I'M
EXPECTING.
%THEY
DON'T
HAVE
ENOUGH
ENVELOPES
%FOR EVERY
VOTER ON
THE
ROLL
AT
%THIS
POINT.%>>
EVERS
STOPPED
SHORT
OF
%CALLING OFF
VOTING
O
N
APRIL 7.%>>
HE
DOES
NOT
HAV
E
THE
L
EGAL
%AUTHORITY
T
O
POSTPONE THIS
%ELECTION
ON
HIS
OWN.
%
IT'S
ALREADY
BEEN
AGREED
THAT
HE
%WOULD
NEED
THE
LEGISLATURE
TO
%
PASS A LAW
THAT
WOULD DO
THAT.
%THE ONLY
WAY
HE
COULD
TRY
AND
DO
%THAT IS
IF
HE
USED
IT
UNDER
HIS
%EMERGENCY POWERS THE
SAME
WAY
%HE'S
SHUTTING
DOWN
NONESSENTIAL
%BUSINESSES OR
CLOSING
SCHOOLS.
%BUT HE
ISN'T
READY
TO
TRY
TO
USE
%
THOSE POWERS
TO
POSTPONE
THE
%ELECTION.%>>
ELECTED LEADERS
WANT TO
%PROCEED HE
WITH
IN-PERSON
VOTING
%ON
APRIL 7.%>> THAT'S CORRECT.
%SOME
PEOPLE ON
THE
ELECTIONS
%COMMISSION SAY
THEY'RE
WORRIED
%ABOUT
SOME OF
THE
LOWER
RACES
ON
%THIS
BALLOT,
FOR
COUNTY
BOARD,
%CITY
COUNSEL.
%THERE'S
SCHOOL
BOARD
REFERENDA
%
ON
HERE THAT
ARE
WORTH
MILLIONS
%OF
DOLLARS
FOR
SCHOOLS.
%IF
IT'S
POSTPONED, WHEN
WOULD
%THAT
HAPPEN?
%WHEN WOULD
COUNTIES BE
ABLE
TO
%SEAT THEIR
OFFICERS
AND
PASS
%LOCAL LAWS?
%NEVER MIND
THE
FACT
THAT
VOTE
IS
%ALREADY
ONGOING.
%THERE'S
THE PARTISAN
QUESTION HE
%ABOUT
WHO WOULD
BE
ADVANTAGED BY
%DELAYING
THIS
ELECTION
AND
WHO
%COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF
THAT
%MOSTLY.
%>>
DOES
GETTING
BALLOTS
IN
THE
%MAIL
--
%>>
I
F
YOU'RE
ISOLATING AND
YOU
%LIVE
ALONE, HOW
DO
YOU
GET
%SOMEONE TO WITNESS?
%THE
WITNESS
IS
THERE TO
SEE
THE
%STUFF THE BALLOT IN
THE
ENVELOPE
%AND THEN
YOU
SIGN
TO
SAY THIS
IS
%MY
BALLOT AND
THEN
YOU
GIVE IT
%TO THE
WITNESS AND
THEY
SIGN
AND
%PUT
THEIR
ADDRESS DOWN
SAYING
I
%WITNESSED THIS
HAPPEN.
%
THE
PROBLEM
IS HOW
DO
YOU
D
O
%THAT
IF
YOU'RE
B
Y
YOURSELF?
%
THE
ELECTIONS
COMMISSION SAYS
%GET CREATIVE.
%YOU
CAN
D
O
THIS
THROUGH A
GLASS
%DOOR
OR
WINDOW.
%YOU
CAN DO
I
T
VIA
SKYPE AS LONG%AS
LATER ON THE
WITNESS
COMES
B
Y
%AND
VALIDATES.
%THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
THING
THEY
%WANT TO
STRESS,
BECAUSE PEOPLE
%
ARE
VOTING
ABSENTEE FOR
THE
%FIRST TIME
IN
THEIR
LIERVETION
%IS
LIVES,
IS
%THE WITNESS
HAS
TO
PUT
THEIR
%NAME
AND
ADDRESS
ON
THAT
%ENVELOPE WHEN
THEY
RETUR
N
I
T
OR
%IT'S
INVALID.
%THE
BALLOT
HAS TO B
E
RETURNED
%AND TO
THE
POLLING
PLACE
OR
THE
%CLERK'S
OFFIC
E
B
Y
8:00
O
N
%ELECTION NIGHT.
%IF IT'S
LATE
OR
I
F
IT'S
IN
THE
%MAIL,
I
T
DOESN'T
COUNT.
%THAT'S THE
SUBJECT
O
F
ANOTHER
%FEDERAL
LAWSUIT T
HAT'S GOING
ON
%RIGHT NOW.
%BUT RIGHT NOW
YOU
CAN
STILL
%DRIVE
YOUR ABSENTEE
TO
THE
POLL
%PLACE
O
N
ELECTION DAY
IF
YOU
%DON'T
THINK
THERE'S
TIME
FOR
IT
%TO GET THROUGH
THE
MAIL.
%>>
LOTS
AND
LOT
S
GOING
ON.