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22 Oct, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Concerns about mail voting and the coronavirus have sent people to the polls earlier than ever.

We timed the wait and talked to voters in downtown Milwaukee on Tuesday, the first day of early in-person voting in Wisconsin. nyti.ms/3kof88e
Chrystal Gillon-Mabry said she didn’t trust mail voting and arrived early to get a good spot in line. Here’s how long she ended up waiting to cast her ballot. nyti.ms/3kof88e
“It’s even colder in November. I just wanted to make sure my vote got in,” said Denise Williams, another voter who faced a two-plus hour wait. nyti.ms/3kof88e
Susan Hrlevich was motivated to turn out to vote in person — and stand in line to do so — by her opposition to President Trump. “I want to stand up to him,” she told us. nyti.ms/3kof88e
Kennedy B. Johnson marveled at senior citizens he saw waiting, like he did, for hours in the cold. “A lot of folks are feeling like I’m feeling: that it was worth it,” he said. nyti.ms/3kof88e
See more from the lines of people waiting to vote in Milwaukee here: nyti.ms/3kof88e

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