Heavy turnout seen across state, some long lines at polls

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

At the state level, voter turnout is also looking strong so far, said Michael Haas, elections administrator of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board.

Last week, GAB officials predicted that nearly 1.8 million Wisconsinites — or 40% of eligible voters — would cast a ballot, which would amount to the largest turnout since 1980 for a spring election.

Early voting, which wrapped up for in-person absentee ballots last week, has also been running well ahead of the 2012 presidential primary.
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UW-Green Bay spokeswoman Janet Bonkowski said throughout most of the day about 100 students were waiting to vote on campus, with the line surging to as many as 250 students around 4 p.m., once most classes had wrapped up. .... Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders visited the campus in recent days, helping boost turnout, she said.


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