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Election officials to send absentee ballots to nursing homes for February primary

By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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MADISON - The state Elections Commission told clerks Friday to mail absentee ballots to nursing homes instead of hand delivering them and assisting residents with voting.
The commission voted 5-1 to advise clerks to mail ballots to nursing home residents rather than sending special voting deputies.

By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Talking about the need to restore voters’ confidence, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said Wisconsin needs to allow work on absentee ballots to begin before Election Day. Wisconsin is one of just a handful of states that ban election workers from starting to process these ballots until then.
"It takes quite a while on Election Day to load those ballots, which is why we have the 1 a.m. or 3 a.m. ballot dumping in Milwaukee," LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said Jan. 10, 2021, on WKOW-TV’s Capitol City Sunday .

By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Those who already have a vaccination appointment time at the medical center or clinics should keep that time and not come to the walk-in event, officials said.
The Milwaukee VA Medical Center walk-in clinic will be offering COVID-19 vaccinations Saturday through Monday to veterans 65 and over who are enrolled with the Milwaukee VA or its community clinics in Green Bay, Appleton, Cleveland and Union Grove.

By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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The Department of Workforce Development announced Friday it would begin issuing $300 federal payments to those receiving unemployment.
The announcement comes on the heels of weeks of uncertainty as to when the state would be able to implement the payments.