MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Nearly 100,000 people cast early ballots on the first day of in-person absentee voting in Wisconsin. Bob Hague has the numbers.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission reported 97,436 in-person absentee ballots cast on Tuesday with long lines in Madison and Milwaukee. That compares to 79,774 ballots cast the first day of in-person absentee voting four years ago.
That heavy turnout slowed down the WisVote system, and Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs posted that the commission worked with the state Department of Enterprise Technology to create more computer server space.
State Republican and Democratic Party officials have encouraged early voting, and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz joined former President Barack Obama at a Madison rally on Tuesday to urge supporters of Vice-President Kamala Harris to cast their ballots early.
