No. Milwaukee counts absentee ballots at a central location and reports the totals only when they are finished.
Author Archives: Ava Menkes / Wisconsin Watch
Ava Menkes joined Wisconsin Watch as a statehouse reporting intern in June 2024. She is currently a rising junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying journalism and political science. Ava works as the managing editor at UW-Madison’s student newspaper The Daily Cardinal and previously served as the state news editor, covering politics, health care and education. She is interested in reporting on elections, rural issues and cultural communities.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin Palestinians have felt isolated from politics. The upcoming election has made it worse.
Palestinian American voters in Wisconsin say they aren’t supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump, a fierce defender of Israel. But they also aren’t getting behind Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Posted inGovernment, Voter guide
College Republican takes on veteran lawmaker in St. Croix County
Former Rep. Rob Kreibich faces 21-year-old Brady Penfield in the Aug. 13 primary with Democrat Danielle Johnson waiting in the general election.
Posted inForward, Government, Voter guide
Two Republicans square off in district that was once GOP stronghold
A Republican incumbent who was first elected in 2022 in a GOP-friendly district faces both a primary challenger and, if he wins on Aug. 13, a Democratic lawmaker in what is now a Democratic-leaning district.
Posted inForward, Government
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin anticipates Iowa patients due to new abortion ban
Instead of Wisconsin women traveling to Iowa, Wisconsin abortion providers are expecting Iowa women to travel here.
Posted inForward, Government
Two presidential rallies a few weeks apart highlighted very different energy levels
Vice President Kamala Harris’ rally in West Allis was in stark contrast from when President Joe Biden took the stage in Madison on July 5.
Posted inFact briefs
Are undocumented immigrants housed at the most expensive hotels in New York City?
No. While about 65,000 migrants are being sheltered in New York City hotels, tent dormitories and other shelters, they are not housed in luxury hotels.
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Did Joe Biden hire ‘85,000 new IRS agents to harass hard-working Americans’?
No. In May 2021, the Biden administration approved hiring 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service employees by 2031, but only a fraction are agents, and the majority are filling expected vacancies.
Posted inForward, Government
Three candidates make their case to represent student-heavy Assembly seat
A Dane County supervisor, a public health expert and a pharmacist are making the case they can best represent some of the state’s youngest voters in an Assembly district anchored by UW-Madison.
Posted inFact briefs
Did Donald Trump win Wisconsin in the 2020 presidential election?
No. President Joe Biden won Wisconsin in the 2020 election by 20,600 votes, or 0.6 percentage points, a comprehensive report by The Associated Press in 2021 found.
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Are ‘almost all of the new jobs’ in the US ‘going to illegals’?
No. About 150,000 foreigners make unauthorized entry to the United States each month, yet job growth far exceeds that.
Posted inForward, Government
In Democratic primary, candidates emphasize broadband, education
A youth development manager focused on improving schools faces a career telecommunications professional prioritizing broadband expansion in the Madison-area 47th Assembly District Democratic primary on Aug. 13.