clerk in wisconsin. she spent the last 15 years running elections. here she is holding a mock election in 2011. she is trying to figure out how much extra time voters need to cast ballots under the state s iner you voter id law. i m madison city clerk. and today we re having a mock election invi the city county building to time various scenarios with voter id and figure out how to do the best practices for 2012 before we actually have an election. she said she chose to do this work because she wanted to combat voting inequities in madison. she encourages every new wisconsin election clerk that comes to herwi for training to similarly find their why. quote, they have to focus on why they re doing this work. what it comes down to is making votingak accessible to those eligible to vote. that s why we keep showing up daye after day. her why is more important now than ever. in 2020, mary beth contemplated not showing up. she almost quit. that s because after election day 2020,
well, part of it now is having that plexiglas so they can t just waltz in lahere. so peopleca for people to come and jump a counter before. number one, now we have a barrier. but we do have panic buttons all over now. that s ans new feature. you have panic buttons? oh, yeah. i mean, i just have to stop and note this is the county clerk s office. and you have plexiglas and panic buttons.ic like what has happened to american democracy? yeah. it s not a good sign. there are people these arl people who are involved in the running of government and elections. like, this requires a totally different set of skills to manage, a, incredibly stressful situation and, also, resolve it. right. that s a lot to ask of a clerk. what is the generalf emotional like, tenor of people who come here and are really angry? i assume they re all kind of, like to this office. we didn t get we haven t gotten much of that. the recount was really on full