ARE RIGHT NOW.
MONDAY NIGHT, MILWAUKEE HEALTH
COMMISSIONER JEANETTE KOWALIK
TWEETED IN PART, "FORCING AN
IN-PERSON ELECTION DURING A
PANDEMIC THAT WARRANTS A SAFER
AT HOME ORDER IS EVERYTHING BUT
PRO-LIFE."
12 NEWS’ SARAH THAMER JOINS US
LIVE FROM RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY
HIGH SCHOOL.
SARAH, WHAT DO VOTERS THINK?
>> A LOT OF VOTERS WE SPOKE WITH
TODAY SEEM TO AGREE WITH THE
HEALTH COMMISSIONER’S MESSAGE,
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, A
LOT OF PEOPLE FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO COME OUT AND
EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
>> THE NUMBER OF CASES, FOR
TALLIES ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19
INFECTION CONTINUE TO INCREASE,
SO BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER,
OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT A GREAT
IDEA, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THERE
ARE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE AS
AMERICANS TO BE ABLE TO VOTE AND
ELECT OUR OFFICIALS.
 SHE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT IN
PERSON VOTING.
SHE ALSO TWEETED MONDAY NIGHT,
FORCING AN IN-PERSON ELECTION
DURING A PANDEMIC THAT WARRANTS
A SAFER AT HOME ORDER IS
EVERYTHING BUT PRO-LIFE.
>> I DO AGREE.
THEY TELL US TO STAY AT HOME,
THEN TELL US WE HAVE TO COME OUT
AND VOTE.
I THINK THAT IS JUST VERY
CONTRADICTING.
 AT MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL IN
MILWAUKEE, HUNDREDS OF VOTERS
WAITED IN LINE TUESDAY, AND SOME
ECHOED KOWALIK’S CONCERN.
>> IF YOU WERE PRO-LIFE, YOU
WOULD NOT ENDANGER EVERYBODY BY
HAVING THEM COME OUT LIKE THIS,
ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW IT KILLING
PEOPLE.
>> DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT
MESSAGE?
>> I AGREE WE SHOULD LISTEN TO
HER HEALTH OFFICIALS.
I THINK THAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE THE PEOPLE WE NEED
TO BE RELYING ON.
>> I AM A REPUBLICAN MYSELF, AND
I DON’ GO ALONG WITH THAT
PROGRAM.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN POSTPONED.
PATRICK: WHAT ARE YOU SEEING
WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL
DISTANCING AT THE POLLS?
 WELL, SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO BE
PRACTICING.
AGAIN, IT IS VERY BUSY, SO SOME
PEOPLE ARE STANDING MUCH CLOSER
THAN SIX FEET.
