PODCAST: Reporting results on Election Night in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, with Scott Krug and Paulina Gutierrez
State Rep. Scott Krug, chair of the Assembly's elections committee, and Paulina Gutierrez, newly appointed director of the Milwaukee Elections Commission, discuss "late night ballot dumps" and more.
The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time Milwaukee Press Club award-winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media.
For the Civic Media special broadcast, “Making Your Vote Count 2024,” I talked to Scott Krug, a Republican state representative from Nekoosa who currently serves as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, and Paulina Gutierrez, the newly appointed director of the Milwaukee Elections Commission.
Clips from both of those interviews appear in the special broadcast, and also in bonus content at here The Recombobulation Area, where I produced a segment breaking down the late night ballot dump that occurs in Milwaukee. Find that segment here.
In addition, we’re publishing both of those interviews in their entirety here, as a podcast. First, you’ll hear from representative Krug, and then from director Gutierrez.
Be sure to make your voice heard and vote by Nov. 5. Early voting is underway now. Find out where to vote early, or “Vote Absentee In Person,” in your community, and find all kinds of voter resources at civicmedia.us/vote.
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Dan Shafer is a journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes The Recombobulation Area. In 2024, he became the Political Editor of Civic Media. He’s also written for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Heartland Signal, Belt Magazine, WisPolitics, and Milwaukee Record. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, Seattle Business Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s won 18 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on Twitter at @DanRShafer.
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