07-04-2025
Milwaukee ran out of paper ballots April 1. This is absolutely unacceptable.
It's absolutely unacceptable that seven polling sites in the city of Milwaukee ran out of paper ballots ('Ballot shortages reported in Milwaukee during 'historic turnout in the spring election,'' April 1).
This is just another form of voter suppression. While many voters were able to wait it out while the additional ballots were being delivered, others may have simply had to forgo their right to vote because they had jobs to get to, children to pick up, you name it.
The city's Election Commission Executive Director, Paulina Gutiérrez, should be raising holy hell.
Rob Guilbert, Brown Deer
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