On Point live: How to guarantee a secure election in Wisconsin
On Point | Podcast
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🗓️ 22 October 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Wisconsin is one of the states that will likely determine the 2024 election. On Point goes on the road to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to talk to the chair of the state election committee about the security and trustworthiness of the vote.
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| 0:00.0 | From the campus of Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I'm Magna Chuck Rubardi, and this is on point. |
| 0:08.0 | Here's one way to measure the importance of Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes in the 2024 presidential |
| 0:13.9 | election or at least one way that I discovered turn on the TV here and every |
| 0:18.7 | other ad is for a political campaign. Try to take an evening stroll in downtown Milwaukee and |
| 0:25.0 | you're highly likely to be diverted by secret service and local law enforcement |
| 0:29.7 | who set up a secure corridor along several downtown streets because a presidential |
| 0:34.9 | candidate is in town again. Which is what happened to me and my senior |
| 0:40.3 | editor just last night as we were walking to dinner because Vice President |
| 0:44.0 | Kamala Harris's motorcade was about to speed through. So we apologized to the |
| 0:49.5 | restaurant host for being late when we got there explaining why and he rolled his eyes and said |
| 0:56.0 | just another day in Milwaukee. |
| 0:59.7 | Truth is, Wisconsin is one of the most critical swing states in this election as it has been in almost |
| 1:06.7 | every recent presidential election in this country. President Joe Biden won here |
| 1:11.2 | in 2020 by just about 20,000 votes. |
| 1:14.6 | In 2016, former President Donald Trump won Wisconsin by 22,000 votes |
| 1:18.9 | over Hillary Clinton. |
| 1:20.0 | And this is in a state where more than 2.2 million votes are cast. |
| 1:25.2 | So we're here in Milwaukee to learn more about Wisconsin politics, |
| 1:28.6 | its electoral process, and about what may happen here, |
| 1:31.5 | not just on election day, |
| 1:33.0 | 2024, but the crucial days and weeks after November 5th. |
| 1:38.6 | So to do so, I'm joined by Ann Jacobs. |
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