Wisconsin village moves voting after gunshot closes polls

A gunshot fired exterior of a polling website Tuesday compelled elections officers in a small Wisconsin village to maneuver to their backup voting location, a county election official mentioned.

Voting was delayed for about an hour and half within the Village of Brooklyn after sheriff’s deputies locked down a neighborhood constructing that served because the village’s sole polling website, based on Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell.

A 75-year-old man was arrested two and a half hours after the incident was reported on suspicion of disorderly conduct whereas armed, Inexperienced County Sheriff Jeff Skatrud mentioned in a information launch. Native elections officers relocated to a public works constructing half a mile away, the place voting will proceed for the rest of the day.

The Inexperienced County District Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned Tuesday that the suspect had not but been charged.

The village has requested for a courtroom order to increase voting hours by 90 minutes to accommodate voters who weren’t capable of enter the polls whereas police responded. McDonell mentioned he did not count on the disruption to stop voters from casting their ballots and that the county would start reporting outcomes as deliberate Tuesday night with out ready for voting to shut in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn is dwelling to about 1,500 residents, based on the 2020 census. The village is break up between Dane and Inexperienced Counties, with about two-thirds of its residents residing in Dane County.

Sheriff’s deputies from each counties responded Tuesday morning, based on Skatrud. There was no proof that the gunshot was associated to voting actions and there was no ongoing menace to public security, he mentioned.

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