Wisconsin

TexasTowelie

(117,050 posts) Tue Aug 14, 2018, 06:19 AM Aug 2018

Surge in absentee voting reported ahead of Tuesday's Wisconsin partisan primary

Absentee voting ahead of Tuesday's election is outpacing early voting counts from other partisan primaries in recent years, the Wisconsin Elections Commission said Monday.

A total of 98,568 absentee ballots had been cast statewide and reported to the commission as of Monday morning, spokesman Reid Magney said.

Early votes in just two counties — Dane with 16,796 and Milwaukee with 16,109 — account for more than one-third, or 33.38 percent of the preliminary tally. Waukesha County reported 10,163 absentee ballots.

The statewide number is nearly 13.5 percent larger than the final tally of 86,862 absentee ballots cast in the 2016 partisan primary, according to the commission. A total of 65,525 absentee ballots were cast for the general election primary in 2014, and 84,830 in 2012.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/08/13/absentee-voter-turnout-surges-advance-tuesdays-primary/979031002/

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Surge in absentee voting reported ahead of Tuesday's Wisconsin partisan primary (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2018 OP

surprise no breakdown of party as this is a primary and you have to ask for democrat or republican beachbum bob Aug 2018 #1

I think it's an open primary. RandySF Aug 2018 #2

Correct, we have an open primary n/t dragonlady Aug 2018 #3

it is one piece of paper jodymarie aimee Aug 2018 #4

The way to make sure your vote is counted dragonlady Aug 2018 #5

Lady jodymarie aimee Aug 2018 #6

Their Senate contest seems to be pretty hot dragonlady Aug 2018 #7

Perhaps vote totals prior to the count and the after they are added? dembotoz Aug 2018 #9

Ask for Paper ballots - don't trust electronic voting machines. 33taw Aug 2018 #8

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. surprise no breakdown of party as this is a primary and you have to ask for democrat or republican

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 06:24 AM

Aug 2018

ballot I believe

RandySF

(70,748 posts)

2. I think it's an open primary.

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 07:12 AM

Aug 2018

So we won't know the party breakdown until tonight. I wouldn't be surprised if we see more Republicans because of the Senate primary.

dragonlady

(3,577 posts)

3. Correct, we have an open primary n/t

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 08:22 AM

Aug 2018

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)

4. it is one piece of paper

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:25 PM

Aug 2018

with 5 parties on it... I was dismayed the Rs are first....You have to stay in your lane or ballot is ripped up.

dragonlady

(3,577 posts)

5. The way to make sure your vote is counted

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 01:52 PM

Aug 2018

First mark the space that asks for your party. Then if you make the mistake of voting in a different party's section, your votes in your preferred party will still be counted while the other party votes are ignored. If you didn't identify your party, everything is lost.

The Rs are first because the order is decided by which party got the most votes for president or governor in the last general election. Elect a Democrat this year and we will be first next time. The whole thing is described at https://elections.wi.gov/node/107.