Wis. could see 50 percent jump in absentee voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The number of absentee votes cast in this year's election in Wisconsin could be as much as 50 percent more than in the 2004 presidential race.
That's according to Kevin Kennedy, director of the Government Accountability Board and the state's top election official.
About 365,000 people cast absentee ballots in 2004.
Kennedy says more than 350,000 absentee ballots had been issued by last Friday.
He says a preliminary review of absentee voting this year in Brown, Dane, Milwaukee and Waukesha counties shows an overall increase of 50 percent or more. In Milwaukee County, absentee voting has increased by 84 percent.
Kennedy cautions this year's figures are preliminary but says if the trend holds, Wisconsin can expect a big increase in absentee ballots.
Nov 4, 2008 at 12:59 p.m.
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and people thought that the "chads" caused alot of problems.....just think how smoothly the absentee ballots are going counted.
Why don't they just block off a week for voting. Better yet, why hasn't some technogeek figured out a way to vote online, or at a kiosk and do away with the paper? Remember government wanted to go paperless, and I never seen so many paper forms to fill out for a paperless government).
Nov 4, 2008 at 12:56 p.m.
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No change in the law is necessary. The current law allows early voting and does not require the voter to state any reason why.
I voted two weeks ago to avoid missing time at work and standing in line.
Nov 4, 2008 at 12:21 p.m.
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Just change the law and call it early voting.
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