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Here's what you need to know about Tuesday's partisan primary election

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Here's what you need to know about Tuesday's partisan primary election
Here's what you need to know about Tuesday's partisan primary election

Wisconsin will hold its fall partisan primary on Tuesday, August 11.

If you were wondering where you could vote or what you need to bring to the polls, look no further.

POLLS OPEN ACROSS THE STATEFOR WISCONSIN'S PARTISANPRIMARY ELECTION.VOTERS WILLCHOOSE WHICH OF THEIR PARTY'SCANDIDATES WILL SHOW UP ON THEBALLOT THIS UPCOMING NOVEMBER.OUR RYAN JENKINS IS LIVE ATRIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HIGHSCHOOL - WHERE POLLS ARE SETTO OPEN in about an hour.RYAN,GOOD MORNING.GOOD MORNING,TODAY, VOTERHERE CANEXPECT TO SEE ENHANCED SAFETYMEASURES AS PEOPLE SHOW UPONCE AGAIN SHOW UP TO CASTTHEIR BALLOTS WHILE DODGINGTHE RISK OF THE CORONAVIRUYOU MIGHT REMEMBER BACK INAPRIL WHEN THERE WERE ONLY 5VOTING LOCATIONS IN MILWAUKEE.WE SAW THESE LONG LINES, THATSTRETCHED FOR HOURS, FULL OFVOTERS DOING THEIR BEST TOSTAY SOCIALLY DISTANCED.PEOPLEWOREMASKSPOLL WORKERS SUITED UP LIKEMEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.WE WILLSEE WHAT TODAY'S SAFETYMEASURES LOOK LIKE ... BUT WEDO KNOW THAT THIS TIME THEREARE NEARLY 170 VOTING SITES INMILWAUKEE - WHICH SHOULD HELPCUT DOWN ON LONG LINES.MANYPEOPLE ARE ALSO CHOOSING TOAVOID LINES AND CROWDS TODAY.ACCORDING TO STATE ELECTIONOFFICIALS, MORE THANNINE-HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLEHAVE REQUESTED ABSENTEEBALLOTS FOR TODAY'S ELECTION....MORE THAN HALF-A-MILLIONOF THOSE BALLOTS HAVE ALREADYBEEN RETURNED.IT'S IMPORTANTTO NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE VOTINGABSENTEE -- IT'S NOW TOO LATETO MAIL YOUR BALLOT IN SOYOU'LL NEED TO TURN IN YOURABSENTEE BALLOT TO THEMUNICIPAL CLERK NO LATER THAN8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT- THAT'S WHENPOLLS CLOSE.IF YOU'RE VOTERS CHOOSING THEIN-PERSON OPTION MUST BE INLINE BY 8 TONIGHT TO BEALLOWED TO VOTE OR YOU COULDRISK BE TURNED AWAY.TODAY'SELECTION ... COULD GIVE US ATASTE OF WHAT THE POLLS COULDLOOK LIKE THIS UPCOMINGNOVEMBER DURING THE GENERALELECTION.REPORTING LIVE INMILWAUKEE, RYAN JENKINS, TMJ-4NEWS.

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