Wisconsin Elections Commission: Turnout information for April 4 Spring Election
Contact: Reid Magney (608) 267-7887 MADISON, WI – Voter turnout for Tuesday’s Spring Election could range between 13 percent and 18 percent of voting-age residents, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Going back to 2000, the average turnout in the last 11 Spring Elections with statewide contests (not including presidential preferences primaries) is 19.3 percent. However, since 2000 there have been just two Spring Elections similar to this one: a contested race for Superintendent of Public Instruction and a Supreme Court Justice running unopposed. In 2001, turnout was 13.74 percent when the race for superintendent was Elizabeth Burmaster versus Linda