Q: If I told you that in the last year or so, the following elections problems have occurred:
- polling places ran out of ballots
- polling places were not handicap accessible
- registered voters were asked to show their ID before they could vote
- soldiers in Iraq couldn’t get absentee ballots
- people voted in the wrong ward, and even wrong district (i.e. for the wrong candidates)
- polling places ran out of supplies
- the clerk’s office was understaffed
- poll workers have expressed the need for more training
- polling places are outside of the district/ward people are actually voting in
would you think that city was . . .
a) Milwaukee
b) Beloit
c) Appleton
d) Wausau
e) Superior
f) Madison
A: May in fact, be all of the above, but the list is just the beginning of things I’m aware of that happened in f) the City of Madison.
Should we let the bureaucracy continue to (not) fix the problems, or is it time for a public oversight committee?
p.s. If you’re interested in getting involved in this issue, please feel free to email me at brendakonkel@yahoo.com
