The City of Rhinelander has announced a change in polling location for the upcoming election.
People from Rhinelander will now vote at the School District of Rhinelander Dome. The Change is in effect for the November 3, 2020 election.
It’s behind Rhinelander High School at 665 Coolidge Avenue.
You can call the Rhinelander City Clerk with any questions, 715-365-8600.
Need for Pollworkers
Nearly 400,000 people from Wisconsin have already voted in the upcoming election. There’s still 800,000 absentee ballots that were sent out that have not yet been returned.
Even with the record number of absentee ballot requests there’s still millions of registered voters in the state that could show up to the polls on election day.
Wisconsin’s Chief Election Official Meghan Wolfe said there’s still a need for poll workers throughout the state.
“It’s almost like having to run two elections on the same day. Absentee ballots cannot be processed and tallied until the polls open on election day plus you’re going to have all those in person voters,” said Wolfe. “So you need enough staff to both process those absentee ballots and enough staff to run the in person processes on election day.”
Wolfe said the state needs at least 30,000 poll workers to make sure there’s adequate staffing. You can contact your local clerk if you’re interested.
Outagamie Mail Issues
No Wisconsin Ballots were found in a ditch outside of Appleton last week.
Police in Outagamie County said mail was found in a ditch. At first, there were rumors that Wisconsin Absentee Ballots were among the mail.
Wisconsin’s Chief Election Official Meghan Wolfe confirmed that is not the case. She said the Wisconsin’s Election Committee has been in contact with the Outagamie Sheriff’s Office.
No Wisconsin Ballots were among the mail found in the ditch.
“Yes, this incident did not involve any Wisconsin Ballots, but if there were ever an issue with Wisconsin Ballots, it’s a very intentional, deliberate process with many safe guards in place where we would be able to identify issues,” said Wolfe. “Again that’s why it’s so important that if voters do get an absentee ballot by mail that they get that back as soon as possible because that allows the local election officials, the voters time to be able to fix something, to be able to re-issue if that’s needed if there’s ever a situation that arises.”
Wolfe says she did not know if ballots from another state was in the mail.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says it is “unable to comment” on the investigation.
