WI teachers report lack of integrity in union elections imposed by Scott Walker admin., pursue more
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The recertification elections were plagued with problems throughout the process. Those who did not vote or could not vote or whose vote did not register, were counted as “no” votes against their local associations. The full extent of the problems is still not known. These included:
* Timing – Despite claiming in October that the elections could not take place if they did not begin by November 11, the WERC began the elections on November 29, the day after Thanksgiving. The process was clearly rushed and took place during the holiday season, an extremely difficult time of year for most local associations to succeed.
* Jammed Phone Lines – Teacher representatives received hundreds of reports that people who attempted to vote encountered busy signals. Many reports detailed multiple attempts to call in over periods of hours. We have no way of knowing how many votes were deterred and lost.
* Voter Rejection – Many dozens of voters reported that when they attempted to vote, they were told their identifying information was incorrect. Almost all reported problems were eventually corrected, but we have no way of knowing how many people were deterred from voting as a result.
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* Deceased Voters – On several occasions, local associations learned of allegedly eligible voters who no longer worked for a school district, were supervisors and not eligible to vote or even had passed away. Since all eligible voters who don’t vote are counted as “no” votes, this is a potentially significant problem.
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