Linwood recaps election, finds big voter turnout

Amy Doeun
Linwood Reporter
Linwood Township is growing. At the Nov. 22 meeting, Sheila Bien, who organized the election judges for the township, gave an election report. The township had conducted absentee voting on Saturday, Nov. 5, and Monday, Nov. 7, at the Town Hall.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“We were very busy; we may need some election judges here (next time) so the staff isn’t swamped,” she said.
She reported staff was not able to do much else on that day. Supervisor Phil Osterhus asked if this would be needed in two years or four years.
“It depends on how bad the governor’s race will be in two years,” Bien replied.
The township has two precincts. While Bien reported some confusion “where a few voters were sent to the wrong precinct and then had to go back,” she said it was handled well overall. After a discussion about one judge who had to leave the polling place during a

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