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sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
1. They should NOT call an election while people are still voting. I wonder how many people
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:11 PM
Jun 2012

saw the news and decided not to bother? I thought this was decided before, not to call elections until at least after the polls close.

Another way to suppress votes! No surprise the Corporate Media would be complicit though.

DFab420

(2,466 posts)
5. Wisconsin voter laws protect the right to vote as long as you were in line before the polls closed..
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:14 PM
Jun 2012

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
6. Yes--but no new voters can come in.
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:19 PM
Jun 2012

Unless you've got 200,000 people in line to vote, it doesn't make up the margins. In any event, those people standing in line weren't at home watching the race being called on TV.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
8. They called the election with only 26% of the votes counted, and people were still voting. People on
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 12:35 PM
Jun 2012

the ground watching the polls, reported after the MSM called the election, that people were still voting.

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