Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Turnout of nearly 58 percent was highest ever for a gubernatorial race in a non-presidential year, but still fell short of the numbers in recent presidential elections.
Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election was historic in more ways than one. Yes, the June 5 election between Gov. Scott Walker and Democrat Tom Barrett was the first attempt to recall a governor in Wisconsin history — and only the third time in the nation. But it also set the record for the highest turnout in a Wisconsin governor's race in which the office of president was not also on the ballot. Final certified numbers released Wednesday show that 2.516 million votes were cast in the recall election — or 57.8 percent of the state's voting-age population, according to the state Government Accountability Board, which oversees Wisconsin elections. That's the highest turnout for a gubernatorial election since 1960 — when the presidential …
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Residents in the Village of Caledonia came out in force to exercise their right to vote on Tuesday. Find out how residents voted.
The recall elections touched a nerve for residents in Caledonia as voter turnout for the recall elections dwarfed the turnout in the November 2010 Presidential election. More than 80 percent of registered voters in Caledonia came out to the polls during the election on Tuesday. In the November 2010 election, voter turnout was 58 percent and in the recall primary voter turnout was just over 45 percent. Polling sites at Holy Communion Church and St. Louis Church saw the most traffic with 82 percent of registered voters turning out. The lowest turnout was 77 percent at St. Andrew Lutheran Church. Poll workers confirmed they had an unprecedented level of first-time voters. By 2:15 p.m., the number of new voter registrations had exceeded the …
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Village of Sturtevant is helping the City of Racine meet the demand of registered and new voters on this historic recall election day after it was apparent the clerk's office didn't order enough. Mount Pleasant doesn't have any to spare.
**Updated 7:10 pm The City of Racine is in danger of running out of ballots on this historic recall election day. Mary Cole, Sturtevant clerk/deputy treasurer, confirmed that Donna Deuster, City of Racine assistant clerk/treasurer, called asking for help. Cole said she has enough to send over 400 to help her colleagues in the city clerk's office. Racine is a key city for Democrats in the recall race. In the 2010 gubernatorial election, Democrat Tom Barrett took 61 percent of the vote in Racine compared to 37 percent for Gov. Scott Walker. "I am a ballot freak, always afraid of running out, especially for an election like this," she told Patch. "I have enough unused and unopened absentee ballots and a box of regular ballots that we can …
Greg
4:37 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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