Milwaukee offers new in-person early voting sites
>> LIKE POLITICIANS, THE POLITICAL PROCESS. MATT: AT GEE’S IPCLPERS IN MILWAUKEE, A WINDOW ON THE WORLD AND A PLACE AT THE TABLE. >> THEY WILL SURELY COME TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PEACE. MATT: THE CITY IS NOW LOOKING TO MAKE THE POPULAR BARBER SHOP ONE OF SEVERAL NEW EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS. RICHARARD MSTEAD: WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND USE THIS POWER THAT THEY HAVE TO VOTE, AND ANYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE EASIER I THINK IT’S GREAT. MATT: COMMON COUNCIL COMMITTEE NOW APPROVING 27 PROPOSED LOCATIONS BEFORE AUGUST PRIMARY AND NOVEMBER GENERAL. CLAIRE WOODALL VOGG: NOT JUST INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SITES, BUT WHERE CAN WE REACH PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE FACE BARRIERS TO VOTING. MATT: FROM THE COFFEE SHOP, COFFEE MAKES DARK TO SERB HALL AND FISERV FORUM. ARVIND GOPALRATNAM: IT’S A BI-Partisan ISSUE OF BEING FAIR – MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY IS EDUCATED ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON, HOW TO VOTE, WHAT TO VOTE FOR? MATT: MILWAUKEE ELECTION OFFICERS SAY SOME LOCATIONS WILL BE USED AS POP-UP SITES WITH SPECIAL EVENTS. ALL STAFF WITH CITY ELECTION WORKERS AND READY TO FACE ANY SCREENING OR LEGAL CHALLENGES. CLAIRE WOODALL VOGG: WE WILL NOTICE THEM CORRECTLY SO THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY CONTROVERSY AROUND THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE CSEN.HO MATT: ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THE FULL 27 LOCATIONS WILL NOT BE USED AT THE SAME TIME. FULL BOARD STILL NEEDS VEGI ITS FINAL APPROVAL FOLLOWING US
Milwaukee In-Person Early Voting Plan: Cafe, Barber Shop, Fiserv Forum
The city council must vote on 27 proposed locations.
Election officials in Milwaukee are offering a number of new in-person mail-in voting sites, including a coffee shop and hair salon, in an effort to reach new voters ahead of the August primaries and general election in ‘fall. “Not just increasing the number of sites, but where can we reach people who otherwise face barriers to voting,” Milwaukee Elections Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg said Tuesday. A Common Council committee on Monday approved 27 proposed locations, one of which would include Gee’s Clippers, a popular hair salon in the city. Places like Gee’s, election officials said, can serve as pop-up sites with special events and not necessarily daily early voting locations. “We need to encourage people to get out there and use that power they have to vote,” said Richard Armstead, longtime barber at Gee’s. “Anything that would make it easier, I think is great.” Other locations offered include Coffee Makes You Black, Serb Hall, and Fiserv Forum. “It’s a bipartisan issue of making sure our community is informed about what’s going on, how do you vote, what do you vote for?” said Arvind Gopalratnam, vice president of corporate social responsibility for the Milwaukee Bucks. All 27 locations won’t necessarily be used, but election officials are preparing for the options and said all locations will meet any review or legal challenge. “We’ll notice them correctly, so there shouldn’t be any controversy surrounding the locations we’ve chosen,” Woodall-Vogg said. The full Common Council is expected to vote and approve the proposed locations next week. Suggested locations: Atkinson Library Bay View LibraryCapitol Library Center Street Library Central Library East LibraryFrank P. Zeidler Municipal Building Good Hope Library Midtown Shopping Center Mitchell Street Library Tippecanoe LibraryVillard Square Library Washington Park LibraryZablocki Library American Serb HallWisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation/Mexican Fiesta – Flores HallUniversity of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee Area Technical CollegeFiserv ForumClinton Rose Senior CenterSocial Development Commission Marcia P. Coggs Human Services CenterSojourner Family Peace CenterUMOSGee’s ClippersCOA Goldin CenterCoffee Makes You Black
Election officials in Milwaukee are offering a number of new in-person mail-in voting sites, including a coffee shop and hair salon, in an effort to reach new voters ahead of the August primaries and general election in ‘fall.
“Not only by increasing the number of sites, but where can we reach people who otherwise face barriers to voting,” Milwaukee Elections Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg said Tuesday.
A Common Council committee on Monday approved 27 proposed locations, one of which would include Gee’s Clippers, a popular barber shop in the city.
Places like Gee’s, election officials said, can serve as pop-up sites with special events and not necessarily daily early voting locations.
“We need to encourage people to get out there and use that power they have to vote,” said Richard Armstead, longtime barber at Gee’s. “Anything that would make it easier, I think is great.”
Other locations offered include Coffee Makes You Black, Serb Hall, and Fiserv Forum.
“It’s a bipartisan issue of making sure our community is informed about what’s going on, how do you vote, what do you vote for?” said Arvind Gopalratnam, vice president of corporate social responsibility for the Milwaukee Bucks.
All 27 sites won’t necessarily be used, but election officials are preparing for the options and said all sites will respond to any review or legal challenge.
“We’ll notice them correctly, so there shouldn’t be any controversy surrounding the locations we’ve chosen,” Woodall-Vogg said.
The full Common Council is expected to vote and approve the proposed locations next week.
Proposed pitches:
- Atkinson Library
- Bay View Library
- Capitol Library
- Central Street Library
- central library
- East Library
- Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building
- Good Hope Library
- Downtown mall
- Mitchell Street Library
- Tippecanoe Library
- Place Villard Library
- Washington Park Library
- Zablocki library
- American Serb Hall
- Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation/Mexican Party – Flores Hall
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Area Technical College
- Fiserv Forum
- Clinton Rose Senior Center
- Social Development Commission
- Marcia P. Coggs Social Services Center
- Sojourner Family Peace Center
- UMOS
- Gee Mowers
- COA Goldin Center
- coffee makes you black