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What you need to know if you're still in line when the polls close

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What you need to know if you're still in line when the polls close
What you need to know if you're still in line when the polls close
What you need to know if you're still in line when the polls close

A NORMAL NIGHT WEWOULD BRING YOUTHE RESULTS RIGHTNOW.BUT THIS IS NOT ANORMAL ELECTION.RESULTS WILL NOT BERELEASED UNTILNEXT WEEK.THIS IS THE SCENEFROM THE POLLSTODAY .VOTERS IN MASKS...WAITING 6 FEETAPART.EVERY OTHER STATEWITH AN ELECTIONSCHEDULED FORAPRIL POSTPONEDTHEIR VOTE ORSHIFTED IT TO BY-MAILVOTING ONLY.AND A LONG DAY ..WITH LONG LINES FORVOTERS CONTINUESAT THIS HOUR... OURRYAN CURRY IS ATWEST HIGH SCHOOLWHERE VOTERS INLINE BY 8 PM ... ARESTILL WAITING ... RYANHERE'S A LOOK ATDECISIONS FORVOTERS ON TODAY'SBALLOT ..DECISIONS FORVOTERS ON TODAY'SBALLOT ..DEMOCRATICPRESIDENTIALCANDIDATESSENATOR BERNIESANDERS ANDFORMER VICEPRESIDENT JOE BIDENARE FACING OFF INWISCONSIN'SPRESIDENTIALPRIMARY.THE ONLYSTATEWIDE RACE ISFOR THE STATESUPREME COURTWHERE JUSTICEDANIEL KELLY FACESDANE COUNTYCIRCUIT COURTJUDGE JILLKAROFSKY.AND HERE INNORTHEASTWISCONSIN..

WE'REFOLLOWING THERACE FOR APPLETONMAYOR..BETWEEN..JAKEWOODFORD ANDJAMES CLEMONS.AND ADDING TO THEUNIQUENESS OF THISELECTION.

THEREWILL BE NO RESULTSTONIGHT.RESULTS OFTODAY'S ELECTIONWON'T BE RELEASEDUNTIL NEXTMONDAY...APRIL 13TH.THIS HISTORICELECTION DAYSLOWLY COMES TO ANENDN-B-C 26'S RYANCURRY ALSO SPOKEWITH ONE FAMILYABOUT WHAT TODAYWAS LIKE.--PKG-TUESDAYS SPRINGELECTION WASCERTAINLY ONE FORTHE MEMORY BOOKS.(TAKE SOT:"Lots of room inside, noone is really near eachother."SEAN AND MICHELLEPARRY WERE ONE OFTHE MANY PEOPLEWHO CAST THEIRBALLOTS IN PERSONAT THE FORMERSHOPKO BUILDING.THEY ALONG WITHMANY OTHERS .CAST THEIR BALLOTSWEARING SPECIALGEAR TO LIMIT THEIRCHANCES OF GETTINGCOVID-19.(TAKE SOT:"That is one of the greatexperiences is getting outand seeing thecommunity have theirvoices be heard."TAKE STAND UP:"People who come outthis location are wearinggloves and masks.

Memyself, I am using thisspecial pole with my micattach to it, so I caninterview people at a safedistance."(TAKE SOT:"We thought it was goingto be delayed but herewe are."THE PARRY'S SAYTHEY ALWAYS COMETO VOTE IN PERSON.THEY SAY THEY FEELTHERE IS A SPECIALEXPERIENCE WHEN ITCOMES TO VOTING.ONLY THIS TIME ..

THEVOTING EXPERIENCEWAS DIFFERENT.THEY SAY THEY WERENERVOUS WHILEINSIDE.(TAKE SOT:"We couldn't stop andtalk to anybody, ourneighbor was one of thevolunteers and wecouldn't give him a hugso that was hard."OFFICIALS DEBATEDWHETHER OR NOT ITWAS SAFE TO HOLDELECTION DAY WHILETHE CORONAVIRUSCONTINUES TOSPREAD.LATE MONDAY NIGHT ..THE WISCONSINELECTION COMMISIONSTILL DEBATEDWHETHER OR NOT ITWAS OK FOR PEOPLETO GO TO THE POLLS.(TAKE SOT:"It is important in ourrepresentativedemocracy that citizenshave a right to choosetheir representativesduring this time of crisis.""This isn't a situationwhere we should expectordinary people to risktheir lives the lives ofpeople around them togo vote."REGARDLESS .

OFTHE DEBATE ..ELECTION DAY STILLHAPPENED ..

ANDPEOPLE LIKE THEPARRY'S WANTED TODO THEIR CIVIL DUTY.(TAKE SOT:"We gotta do it.

SoFigure out a way to do itand do its safely."IN NEENAH ..

RYANCURRY ..

N-B-C 26.INSIDE THE NEENAHLOCATION... EVERYPOLL WORKER WOREGLOVES AND MASKS ..LOCATION... EVERYPOLL WORKER WOREGLOVES AND MASKS ..AND THEYDISINFECTED THEBOOTHS AFTERVOTERS WERE DONEUSING THEM.THIS IS THE FIRSTTIME NATIONALGUARD MEMBERSHAVE SERVED ASPOLL WORRKERS ONELECTION DAY.THEY WORE STREETCLOTHES.MORE THAN 24-HUNDRED SOLDIERSWORKED AT SITES IN71 OF THE STATE'S 72COUNTIES.

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