A webpage for Milwaukee County election results showed higher than 100% turnout in some wards. But the numbers didn’t account for same-day registrants.
Author Archives: Alexander Shur / Votebeat
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Milwaukee recounts thousands of absentee ballots, delaying results
Milwaukee election officials started all over again counting the city’s absentee ballots Tuesday afternoon after an observer noticed that the panel doors on the city’s 13 tabulators weren’t properly closed.
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Early voting by Republicans helps drive surge in absentee ballot numbers in Wisconsin
The totals haven’t matched the levels of 2020, when the pandemic kept many voters home, but they’re running above expectations.
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A Wisconsin voter’s guide to dealing with Election Day pitfalls and problems
Here’s a guide to some questions you may have on Election Day, issues you could face and what to do in those situations.
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Noncitizen voting rarely happens. But Wisconsin voters are hearing a lot about it.
For years, Wisconsin conservatives have been hammering the talking point that noncitizens may be able to cast ballots en masse in the state and across the nation. It could be the pretext for election challenges.
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Wisconsin legalized ballot drop boxes, but some local officials are fighting them
Months after the Wisconsin Supreme Court legalized them, ballot drop boxes remain a source of deep division among public officials in communities across the battleground state.
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Wisconsin clerks relieved after high court keeps RFK Jr. on ballot
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request to have his name removed as an independent presidential candidate from the November ballot or covered with stickers, a relief for local clerks.
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With ballot question, Wisconsin voters will decide limits on noncitizen voting
A proposed constitutional amendment would rule out exceptions for local elections. Opponents worry that it could lead to more restrictions.
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Should candidates be allowed to just drop out? RFK Jr. lawsuit spurs debate about changing state law
Just days before Wisconsin clerks are supposed to begin sending voters absentee ballots, two court cases involving Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to get off the November presidential ballot may require election officials to make new ballots from scratch — and delay sending them out.
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Wisconsin ballot error highlights pressures on election officials ahead of November
With more new clerks and rapidly changing election laws, mistakes can happen. But in today’s political climate, those mistakes are heavily scrutinized.
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Ballot drop boxes prove popular in return to some Wisconsin cities during primary
Absentee ballot drop boxes were back in Wisconsin for the first time in over two years, and everything seemed to go just fine.
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It’s primary day. Vote on constitutional amendments, partisan legislative races
Here’s what Votebeat is watching in today’s fall primary. Polls close at 8 p.m.