>> EARLIER THIS WEEK, CLERKS
AROUND THE STATE BEGAN THE
PROCESS OF PUBLICLY TESTING THE
VOTING MACHINES FOR EACH
MUNICIPALITY.
IN WEST BEND, THE CITY CLERK
BROUGHT EACH OF THE TABULATORS
INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND
CONDUCTED TESTS TO SHOW THE
MACHINES WERE PROPERLY COUNTING
BALLOTS, OR REJECTING BALLOTS
THAT WERE IMPROPERLY MARKED.
AFTER THE TESTS, MACHINES ARE
CLEARED TO ENSURE THEY START
COUNTING AT ZERO ON ELECTION
DAY.
A HANDFUL OF FIRST TIME ELECTION
INSPECTORS AND POLL WORKERS WERE
ON HAND TO SEE HOW THE MACHINES
WORK AND ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE
TUESDAY'S PRIMARY.
WEST BEND USES DOMINION VOTING
MACHINES, WHICH WERE CENTRAL TO
A NUMBER OF UNFOUNDED CONSPIRACY
THEORIES SPREAD BY SUPPORTERS OF
DONALD TRUMP AFTER HE LOST THE
2020 LUCKTION.
CITY CLERK LIZBET SANTANA SAYS
HOPEFULLY CONDUCTING TESTS LIKE
THESE HELPS ELIMINATE QUESTIONS
AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
>> THERE'S RUMORS, THEORIES AND,
I MEAN, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW,
THEY'RE NOT INFORMED.
THEY'RE NOT EDUCATED IN SOME
AREAS.
AND AGAIN, FOR THE CITY OF WEST
BEND, I DO TRAINING SESSIONS
WITH THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE