Waukesha Reports No Disruptions Of Voting

By Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner

November 8, 2022

At 11:49am, the Waukesha Police Department told Wisconsin Examiner that thus far, voting is playing out without issue in the city of Waukesha.

“As with all elections and events occurring in the city we take the safety of our community members as well as maintaining the integrity of the election process seriously,” said Waukesha Police Capt. Dan Baumann. “We encourage any community member to report concerns of harassment or safety concerns to us and we will respond diligently. We do have safety plans in place for our polling sites as well as sites that involve our public schools, keeping the academic environment safe for our children.”

The Waukesha area has become a flashpoint for tensions recently, as well as a focus of Republican campaigns. After an SUV plowed into the Waukesha Christmas Parade last year, leaving six dead and over sixty injured, Republican elected officials called for a stricter bail law. The driver of the SUV, Darrell Brooks, who was found guilty on 76 counts, had been released on $1,000 bail after he was charged in an unrelated domestic incident.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels has also campaigned on ending parole, mixing the issue of parole from prison with the issue of pre-trial detention and release on bail. White supremacist and neo-nazi organizations also have organized demonstrations around the parade tragedy, including dropping a banner near Waukesha’s transit center which read “resist Black terror.”

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