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By Nora Eckert, for Wisconsin Watch
After a chaotic April primary in which just five voting places were open in Milwaukee, and voters waited for hours in long lines, the city is operating nearly all of its available locations for the upcoming presidential election, mirroring an increase in polling sites statewide.
Thanks to an influx of poll workers and efforts by the city’s election commission, 173 out of 180 available polling places will be open for voters on Nov. 3. Statewide, about 50 communities are still short about 180 poll workers, of approximately 30,000 needed.
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