TUE PM Update: Election officials report surge in turnout

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Clerks around the state report a surge in turnout, with some counties nearing presidential numbers. As of 2 p.m., Dane County, a Democratic stronghold, saw turnout of about 50 percent of registered voters. Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell wrote on Twitter those numbers are tracking those of the 2016 presidential election at tha… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Dept. of Administration: State of Wisconsin earns Oracle Excellence Award for innovation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Contact: DOA Communications, (608) 266-7362 DOA’s Division of Enterprise Technology accepts award MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Division of Enterprise Technology (DOA/DET) was recently honored with the prestigious Oracle Excellence Award for its innovative use of Oracle products in a way that reduces costs and improves efficiencies. Gordy Klindt, Director of DET’s Bureau of Technical Architecture & Project Management, and Sue Munro, DET Management Information Chief, accepted the Oracle Sustainability Innovation Award at the Oracle OpenWorld conference last month. “Wisconsin is honored to be recognized internationally for its achievements in IT

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Walker campaign: ICYMI: Scott Walker closing argument in Wisconsin State Journal Op-Ed “We Can’t Afford to Turn Back Now”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 6, 2018 Contact: Austin Altenburg media@scottwalker.com [Madison, Wis.] – Scott Walker is making his closing argument – that Wisconsin is working and we can’t afford to turn back now – at stops all across the state, as well as in an op-ed in the Wisconsin State Journal. Thanks to Scott Walker’s bold leadership, Wisconsin has more jobs and higher wages – unemployment has been at or below 3 percent for eight straight months, this year there are more people working than ever before, wages are higher, and income and property taxes are lower now than in

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One Wisconsin Now: Scot Ross and Analiese Eicher joining state media in providing election night analysis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2018 MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Insights and Analysis of Leading Progressives to be Featured on NBC and Statewide Radio MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross and Program Director Analiese Eicher will be providing election night analysis with the NBC 15 Madison news team and on Wisconsin Public Radio respectively. Ross will be appearing live as part of the election night news coverage on NBC 15 in Madison throughout the night, including spots on the 6pm and 10pm newscasts. Ross serves as the progressive pundit paired with

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Stratford officials asking 54 voters to recast ballots following issues

The state Elections Commission says some 50 voters in north-central Wisconsin’s Village of Stratford cast ballots this morning that didn’t include the names of some legislative candidates. But a commission spokesman added those ballots have been separated from the others and officials are working to contact affected voters. State Rep. Bob Kulp, whose 69th AD includes the village, posted on Facebook about the issue. He wrote the first 54 voters had an incorrect copy of their ballots that didn’t include his name “or that of the other legislative races.” The Stratford Republican included an image of a script he said

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NextGen Wisconsin: Statement on tonight’s victories

Contact: NGA Press Office 415-802-2423 press@nextgenamerica.org Tonight, Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes were elected as the governor and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and Tammy Baldwin won re-election. Across the state, young voters turned out at a significantly higher levels than in previous midterm elections. This youth surge in turnout follows a year of activism by young Wisconsinites who marched 50 miles to demand gun reform from Paul Ryan, occupied school administration buildings in Stevens Point to protest Scott Walker’s educations cuts, and rallied against Donald Trump’s inhumane immigration policy across the state. In response, NextGen Wisconsin State Youth Director George

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UW-Stout: Students get timely lessons from pros on handling their finances

Contacts: Jerry Poling , Assistant Director, 715-232-2384 Brett Roseman , University Photographer, 715-232-5516 University Communications 715-232-2381 Menomonie, Wis. — In the eyes of Chelse Cockeram, the students filling a University of Wisconsin-Stout classroom were more than students. They were consumers and potential identity theft victims. Cockeram, the talent department coordinator at WESTconsin Credit Union of Menomonie, recently led an identity theft and fraud presentation in Financial Wellness, a general education class taught by Assistant Professor Jill Paetzold. “Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the U.S.,” Cockeram told the students. Cockeram was one of four WESTconsin employees who presented hourlong

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John Nichols: The war that turned Wisconsin against war

World War I was the war that turned Wisconsinites against war. The conflict was so reckless, so brutal, and so completely unnecessary that for generations after its conclusion on Nov. 11, 1918, the awful memory of “the war to end all wars” has inspired a distrust of militarism and war profiteering that has always run deeper in Wisconsin than most states.

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TUE News Summary: Candidates make final pitches as voters head to the polls

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** Nov. 14: WisPolitics.com breakfast with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, is a member of the Ways and Means Committee, and will talk about trade, tariffs and the new Congress at a Wis… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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Grothman campaign: Grothman thanks supporters and pledges to work for Wisconsin

Contact: Timothy Svoboda (920) 375-1217 Tim@glenngrothman.com (Fond du Lac, WI) – Congressman Glenn Grothman released the following statement after his victory in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District. “It is truly an honor to be re-elected to represent Wisconsin in our nation’s capital for a third time. I am proud of the great strides we have made with tax reform that has benefited the average American, expanding access to career and technical schools and working to lower health care costs while retaining protections for people with pre-existing conditions. But, we still have work to do, and I look forward to working with

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TUE PM Update: Election officials report surge in turnout

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Clerks around the state report a surge in turnout, with some counties nearing presidential numbers. As of 2 p.m., Dane County, a Democratic stronghold, saw turnout of about 50 percent of registered voters. Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell wrote on Twitter those

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Stratford officials asking 54 voters to recast ballots following issues

The state Elections Commission says some 50 voters in north-central Wisconsin’s Village of Stratford cast ballots this morning that didn’t include the names of some legislative candidates. But a commission spokesman added those ballots have been separated from the others and officials are working to contact affected voters. State Rep.

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NextGen Wisconsin: Statement on tonight’s victories

Contact: NGA Press Office 415-802-2423 press@nextgenamerica.org Tonight, Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes were elected as the governor and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and Tammy Baldwin won re-election. Across the state, young voters turned out at a significantly higher levels than in previous midterm elections. This youth surge in turnout follows

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UW-Stout: Students get timely lessons from pros on handling their finances

Contacts: Jerry Poling , Assistant Director, 715-232-2384 Brett Roseman , University Photographer, 715-232-5516 University Communications 715-232-2381 Menomonie, Wis. — In the eyes of Chelse Cockeram, the students filling a University of Wisconsin-Stout classroom were more than students. They were consumers and potential identity theft victims. Cockeram, the talent department coordinator

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John Nichols: The war that turned Wisconsin against war

World War I was the war that turned Wisconsinites against war. The conflict was so reckless, so brutal, and so completely unnecessary that for generations after its conclusion on Nov. 11, 1918, the awful memory of “the war to end all wars” has inspired a distrust of militarism and war profiteering that has always run deeper in Wisconsin than most states.

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TUE News Summary: Candidates make final pitches as voters head to the polls

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** Nov. 14: WisPolitics.com breakfast with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, is a member of the Ways and Means Committee, and will talk about trade, tariffs and the new Congress at a

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