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More than 75,000 people in Wisconsin cast ballots on the first day of early in-person voting in the presidential battleground state, the state elections commission reported. Mail-in absentee voting has been available since September and more than 1 million people have already returned their ballots that way. The combined total of mail-in and early in-person votes cast in the state thus far amounts to 34% of the total votes cast in Wisconsin during the 2016 presidential election. The campaigns of President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have been calling on their supporters to vote early in the...

The City of Milwaukee’s Election Commission recently launched the “Votes Count in the 414” education and awareness campaign to inform Milwaukee voters how to safely and effectively vote in the upcoming Presidential Election. The Commission also gave information on the lifecycle of a ballot, and explained about the many steps the Commission was taking to ensure an efficient and fair election takes place in Milwaukee. Those details were posted to the voter information website MyVote.wi.gov “Voting in Milwaukee is as easy as 1-2-3,” said Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the City of Milwaukee Election Commission. We are offering three...

Wisconsin told Foxconn Technology Group on October 12 that it would not qualify for billions of dollars in state tax credits unless it strikes a new deal for a scaled-back factory complex. State officials have told Foxconn since last year that it would not qualify for the tax credits without revisions to its 2017 contract, because the scope of the envisioned factory has been reduced. President Donald Trump heralded the original deal as a sign of a revitalized American manufacturing economy, calling the envisioned plant “transformational” and the “eighth wonder of the world.” The deal with Foxconn, the world’s...

“I wonder if the BTS and TikTok kids can help LGBTs with this. What if gay guys took pictures of themselves making out with each other or doing very gay things, then tagged themselves with #ProudBoys. I bet it would mess them up real bad. #ReclaimingMyShine” – George Takei Gay men have taken to Twitter to reclaim the “proud” hashtag, following Donald Trump’s refusal to condemn White Supremacy during the presidential debate, along with signaling to an Alt-Right paramilitary group that they should “stand back and stand by.” The armed White insurgents known as Proud Boys have triggered violent...