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Milwaukee's Midtown Center early voting site in jeopardy of closing (www.tmj4.com)
submitted 1 year ago by steinbring@kbin.social to c/milwaukee@midwest.social
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A staple in Milwaukee early voting may be in jeopardy as city leaders say the Midtown Center site may close its doors.

The North Side shopping center is a hub for thousands in the community.

“We've just started to make this a commonplace and a common occurrence, where people are comfortable. They can come here on their own time, they can come to vote. They don't have to worry about standing in lines, any of those things. Everything is working just fine right here,” said Rev. Greg Lewis, Executive Director, Souls to the Polls Wisconsin.

Souls to the Polls Wisconsin Executive Director Greg Lewis says a large part of his group’s work comes from Midtown and to lose it would be devastating.

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[–] mke_geek@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the reason for its closing? Funding for the site? The article doesn't say.

[–] steinbring@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Somebody new bought Midtown Center and a new tenant is moving into the space that the city normally leases for the voting site. It sounds like they lease it for a month when an election approaches and then let it go again but a normal business is willing to grab it for longer. My voting site in Glendale keeps moving (a university, a high school, a bar, a library, etc). A disused retail space is probably pretty conveint but I'm sure there is a church basement somewhere if they can't work something out with Midtown Center.