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DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING ON, WHEN IT

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COMES TO POLLS CLOSING TOMORROW.

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THEY HOPE THAT GIVES THEM AN

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ADVANTAGE.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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JOINING ME NOW, THE CHAIR OF THE

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DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN WISCONSIN,

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BEN WIKLER.

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TELL US WHAT YOU’RE SEEING AND

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HEARING ON THE GROUND, WHAT’S

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GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENCE

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THERE?

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>> I’M JOINING YOU FROM OZAKI

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COUNTY, A NORTHERN SUBURB COUNTY

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OF MILWAUKEE.

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THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES WITH

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THE BIGGEST SWING OVER THE LAST

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FEW CYCLES.

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ON TRACK TO FLIP A STATE SENATE

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DISTRICT IN WISCONSIN’S HISTORY.

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AND I HAVE BEEN IN EVERY CORNER

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O. STATE

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OF THE STATE.

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THERE IS EXPLOSIVE, PROPULSIVE

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ENERGY ON THE GROUND, PEOPLE

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KNOCKING ON EVERY DOOR IN A

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COMMUNITY WE’RE TARGETING FOR

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TURNOUT, AND GOING BACK FOR A

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SECOND PASS ALREADY.

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WHAT WE’RE SEEING THAT TRANSLATE

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TO IS EXPLOSION IN EARLY VOTES

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CAST IN PERSON, IN SAME-DAY

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REGISTRATIONS AND IN VOTE BY

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MAIL BALLOTS BEING RETURNED.

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SO IN THE FINAL STRETCH, WE HAVE

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IN ENORMOUS ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS

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READY TO GO.

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WE’RE CALLING MILLIONS OF

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PHONES.

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WE HAVE KNOCKED ON HUNDREDS OF

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THOUSANDS OF DOORS, AND WE CAN

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TRANSLATE ALL OF THAT INTO A

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FOCUS JUST ON THE PEOPLE THAT

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HAVEN’T VOTED YET, AND TURNED

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OUT EVEN HIGHER.

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DEMOCRATS ARE FEELING GOOD IN

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WISCONSIN IN THE FINAL STRETCH.

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>> I’M CURIOUS ABOUT THE IOWA

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POLL.

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I ASKED TAMMY BALDWIN ABOUT IT

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JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO.

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IOWA POLL

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AND SEE HOW THE NUMBERS ARE

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BREAKING TOWARD HARRIS AND WHO

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IS BREAKING TOWARD HARRIS,

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AGAIN, ACCORDING TO THAT POLL,

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ARE YOU SEEING ANY SIGNS OF THAT

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IN WISCONSIN?

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YOU GUYS ARE NEIGHBORS.

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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I WAS JUST IN LACROSSE IN

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WESTERN WISCONSIN, CLOSE TO

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IOWA.

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AND THERE, ALL THE WAY UP TO

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NORTHEAST WISCONSIN, IN BOTH

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PLACES, I HEARD FROM OLDER WOMEN

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THAT THEY ARE HEARING A TON OF

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WOMEN WHO VOTED REPUBLICAN IN

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THE PAST NOW COMING OVER TO VOTE

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AGAINST TRUMP.

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AGAINST ABORTION BANS.

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AND IN FAVOR OF HARRIS AND

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FREEDOM.

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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF

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PEOPLE ARE NOT SHARING PUBLICLY.

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THEY’RE SHARING PRIVATELY,

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SOMETIMES WHISPERING, I HAVE

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HEARD ANECDOTE AFTER ANECDOTE,

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THE HARRIS POLLS FINDING THAT

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THE OLDER WOMEN ARE BREAKING

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AWAY FROM TRUMP, SOUNDS

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FAMILIAR.

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IT ECHOES WHAT I AM HEARING

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ACROSS WISCONSIN.

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IF THAT COMES TO PASS, IT COULD

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BE QUITE A NIGHT ON ELECTION

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NIGHT.

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>> AND, BEN, YOU’RE SEEING

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SAME-DAY REGISTRATION, WHICH IS

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VERY INTERESTING IN WISCONSIN,

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AND INCLUDING UP TO AND

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INCLUDING ELECTION DAY, YOU WERE

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SEEING A MARGIN OF DEMOCRATS

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REGISTERING RATHER THAN

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REPUBLICANS.

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OF COURSE YOU CAN’T PREDICT HOW

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THEY’RE GOING TO VOTE, BUT THEY

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ARE DEMOCRATS, RIGHT?

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>> WELL, WISCONSIN DOESN’T HAVE

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PARTISAN VOTER REGISTRATION.

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WE DON’T KNOW FOR SURE.

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WHAT WE KNOW IS WE’RE SEEING A

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TON OF REGISTRATION BY PEOPLE

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THAT OUR MODEL SAYS ARE LIKELY

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TO BE DEMOCRATS IN PLACES WHERE

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DEMOCRATS HAVE OVERWHELMING

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MARGINS.

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IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF

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MILWAUKEE, 13% OF THE PEOPLE WHO

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HAVE VOTED EARLY IN PERSON HAVE

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BEEN PEOPLE REGISTERING AND

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CASTING A BALLOT ON THE SAME

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DAY.

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IN DANEDAYTONYTON COUNTY, THE MO

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PROGRESSIVE BIG COUNTY IN

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WISCONSIN, 10% HAVE BEEN PEOPLE

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WHO SAME DAY REGISTERED.

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THE FIVE WARDS WITH THE HIGHEST

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SAME DAY REGISTRATION ARE ON THE

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UW CAMPUS.

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IN 2020, SAME DAY REGISTRATION

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FAVORED TRUMP.

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IF YOU’RE NOT REGISTERED, YOU’RE

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PROBABLY NOT BEING POLLED.

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IN 2024, I THINK THE SHOE IS ON

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THE OTHER FOOT.

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THAT’S ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS

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MIGHT BE A GOOD NIGHT.

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THE POLLS SAY WISCONSIN IS TIED.

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WE’RE GOING TO TREAT IT LIKE

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IT’S TIED UNTIL THE POLLS CLOSE

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AND ASSUME THE NEXT DOOR WE

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KNOCK ON MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT

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TIPS THE ENTIRE STATE.

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ANY DEMOCRATS WATCHING WHO WANT

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TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP US, THE

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WIND IS AT OUR BACKS, IT IS GO

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TIME.

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>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT

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MIGHT HAPPEN.

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MILWAUKEE’S ELECTION CLERK TODAY

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IS WARNING THAT THEY’RE HAVING

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HIGHER THAN EXPECTED NUMBER OF

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ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT COULD

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DELAY THE BALLOT COUNTING AND

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GAVE A TIMETABLE TO SHAQ

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BREWSTER, LET ME PLAY WHAT SHE

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SAID.

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>> WE WILL LIKELY BE THE LAST

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JURISDICTION IN THE STATE OF

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WISCONSIN TO POST OUR RESULTS.

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WHILE OUR POLLING LOCATIONS WILL

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BE UP AROUND 11:00 OR 10:00,

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CENTRAL COUNT, IN THE STATE OF

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WISCONSIN, WE CAN’T OPEN BALLOTS

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UNTIL ELECTION DAY, AND WE HAVE,

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AS OF THIS MORNING, 105,000

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BALLOTS TO COUNT.

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IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE

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LOGISTICAL FEAT OF OPENING AND

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PROCESSING 105,000 BALL LOTS,

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THAT’S GOING TO TAKE A LONG

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TIME.

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I WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO THE

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WORLD, IT WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT

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CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.

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>> THERE ARE ALL OF THESE

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WARNINGS COMING FROM ELECTIONS

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OFFICIALS FROM STATE ELECTIONS,

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SECRETARIES OF STATE, DOWN TO

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THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE HARD WORK.

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NOW I JUST LOOKED AT THE

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HEADLINE IN THE MILWAUKEE

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NEWSPAPER, THE JOURNAL SENTINEL,

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CLAIMING LIMITS ON VOTE

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OBSERVERS.

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THERE’S ALL OF THIS STUFF GOING

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ON OUT THERE, BEN.

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WHAT’S YOUR SENSE OF THE LEVEL

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OF CALM VERSUS MAYBE SOME

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TROUBLES IN THE AFTERMATH OF

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THIS ELECTION?

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>> WELL, YOU ASK PEOPLE HOW

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THEY’RE DOING, SOME PEOPLE SAY

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NAUSEOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.

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I HAVE HEARD THAT ALL OVER THE

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STATE.

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WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS

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BLOCKED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD

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HAVE ALLOWED THE EARLY

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PROCESSING OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS,

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WE KNOW BECAUSE REPUBLICANS

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BLOCKED THAT BILL, WE WON’T GET

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THE FINAL TALLY OF THOSE VOTES,

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WHICH WILL BE OVERWHELMING

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DEMOCRATIC UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF

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THE NIGHT.

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IN 2020, IT WAS 3:00 OR 4:00 IN

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THE MORNING.

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WE SHOULD EXPECT A RED SHIFT,

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WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE TRUMP IS

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DOING BETTER THAN HE IS IN FACT

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DOING, AND A RED MIRAGE, AND A

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BLUE SHIFT ONCE THE ABSENTEE

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BALLOT COUNTS COME IN IN THE

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MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

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DON’T BE FOOLED OR ALARMS IF YOU

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FEEL LIKE TRUMP IS

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OVERPERFORMING BECAUSE THERE ARE

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STILL ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND

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BALLOT, KIND OF BIG CACHE OF

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BALLOTS YET TO BE REPORTED IN

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MILWAUKEE.

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BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW THAT’S

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COMING, MY SENSE IS THEY ARE

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FAIRLY CALM ABOUT IT.

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WE CAN EXPECT SHENANIGANS AND

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BOGUS CLAIMS FROM REPUBLICANS.

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A BALLOT IS A BALLOT.

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IT WILL BE COUNTED.

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THEY ARE SECURED.

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WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS

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IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.

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AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO

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NOT GNAW YOUR NAILS OFF WHILE WE