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Ballot Counting in Milwaukee Was Orderly in 2026 Midterms
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The 2026 ballot operations at Milwaukee's Central Count were conducted on high alert.
Milwaukee Elections Executive Director Paulina Gutiérrez reported 2026 ballot operations at the city's Central Count were conducted at high alert, with staff addressing minor issues.
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Ballot Counting in Milwaukee Was Orderly in 2026 Midterms
Clip: Season 2500 Episode 2519 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Milwaukee Elections Executive Director Paulina Gutiérrez reported 2026 ballot operations at the city's Central Count were conducted at high alert, with staff addressing minor issues.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Milwaukee's central count operation is often under heavy scrutiny and used as a scapegoat for voter fraud.
On Tuesday, election workers and observers were on high alert.
A few kinks in the process still arose, including a mechanical issue with two large tabulators, a missing piece of security tape, and a couple hundred ballots missing unique ID numbers, all of which were quickly resolved.
Officials like Milwaukee election chief Paulina Gutierrez emphasize caution when criticizing an operation of Milwaukee's size, and says to keep issues like these in perspective.
>> We have issues with machines every election, and we have technicians.
If you saw they came right away, they handled the situation.
Our poll workers dealt with it.
We have contingencies in place, but I was grateful to our technicians that we didn't have to move wards.
They were able to stay at the machines.
And so despite the some of the machine issues we have, I mean, they processed thousands and thousands of ballots and we were able to catch up and we're moving along.
>> David Crowley is also moving along to the work of moving along to the work of
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