Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg predict workers will be counting ballots until about 4 a.m. Wednesday.
WEST ALLIS – Voters in Milwaukee County’s West Allis faced long lines to access at least two of the city’s polling places as the polls closed on Election Day.
As of 8 p.m. the polls are now closed across Wisconsin, although voters who were in line at closing will still get the chance to vote. In the past five elections in Wisconsin, only two — Democrat Barack Obama’s wins
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett predicts voter turnout in his city to surpass 2016 numbers, but said it’s still too early to tell if the city will reach 2012 election turnout numbers. “My intuition is that we will surpass 2016, I
Madison had already seen nearly 80 percent turnout of registered voters by early afternoon. According to the 2 p.m. update from the city clerk’s office, 29,601 people had voted at the polls. That’s in addition to the 121,210 Madison voters
As the polls open this morning, the state’s top election official says she expects “a smooth day.” “I’m glad to report as we kick it off that we have no issues that have been reported so far to us about
KENOSHA — President Trump proclaimed he brought “law and order to Kenosha” as he returned to the southeastern Wisconsin city for the first time since touring the damage left by violent protests that followed the police shooting of a Black
A Republican strategist said the GOP believes the race for president in Wisconsin is closer than polls show, while a Democratic strategist said it appears Wisconsin is ready to “fire” President Trump. “The intensity that is felt on the Republican
There were still more than 174,000 outstanding absentee ballots as of the latest update from the state Elections Commission with voters facing an 8 p.m. deadline tomorrow to get them back in the hands of local clerks. According to this
President Trump returns to Wisconsin today for his 10th visit of 2020 on the heels of three new polls that showed him trailing Joe Biden among likely state voters. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll, released yesterday, found 52
In back-to-back rallies in Wisconsin today, Donald Trump continued to insist the nation is turning the corner on COVID-19, while Dem rival Joe Biden accused the president of surrendering to the virus.
Milwaukee County’s voting landscape appears to be changing again as longtime suburban GOP strongholds are tilting blue, longtime observers say.
The battleground state of Wisconsin has so far notched over $126 million spent on presidential race ads on TV, cable, radio and digital since the April 7 primary, with most of it from the pro-Biden side. Pro-Biden forces accounted for
Election Day is around the corner and the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their insights and predictions regarding the impending outcome.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has denied a request from a conservative group to bar Wisconsin’s five largest cities from using private money to cover costs for Tuesday’s election as it appeals a decision that found the funding was
Gov. Tony Evers has authorized up to 400 members of the National Guard to work at polling stations across the state, a total roughly double the statewide shortage of poll workers reported today by the state’s top election official. Elections
A split state Supreme Court has declined to give clerks in Calumet and Outagamie counties guidance on how to address thousands of ballots with a printing error that local officials say threatens their ability to count all votes by a
President Trump, who campaigned in West Salem Tuesday, will be in Green Bay Friday afternoon for another rally. The upcoming trip comes the same day Joe Biden will return to Wisconsin for the first time since September. It will be
Vice President Pence warned this election is a choice on whether “America remains America.” At a campaign rally in Mosinee on Wednesday, Pence told viewers if Dem presidential candidate Joe Biden wins, he would only serve as a “Trojan horse
Joe Biden continued to have an edge on President Trump in the final Marquette University Law School Poll ahead of next week’s race. The poll found 48 percent of likely voters backed Biden, while 43 percent supported Trump. Another 2
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg predict workers will be counting ballots until about 4 a.m. Wednesday.
WEST ALLIS – Voters in Milwaukee County’s West Allis faced long lines to access at least two of the city’s polling places as the polls closed on Election Day.
As of 8 p.m. the polls are now closed across Wisconsin, although voters who were in line at closing will still get the chance to vote. In the past five elections in Wisconsin, only two — Democrat Barack Obama’s wins in 2008 and 2012 — were called before midnight. In
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett predicts voter turnout in his city to surpass 2016 numbers, but said it’s still too early to tell if the city will reach 2012 election turnout numbers. “My intuition is that we will surpass 2016, I don’t know if we will reach the 2012 numbers,” Barrett
Madison had already seen nearly 80 percent turnout of registered voters by early afternoon. According to the 2 p.m. update from the city clerk’s office, 29,601 people had voted at the polls. That’s in addition to the 121,210 Madison voters who had been reporting as returning their absentee ballots as
As the polls open this morning, the state’s top election official says she expects “a smooth day.” “I’m glad to report as we kick it off that we have no issues that have been reported so far to us about opening the polls or any issues as clerks are preparing
KENOSHA — President Trump proclaimed he brought “law and order to Kenosha” as he returned to the southeastern Wisconsin city for the first time since touring the damage left by violent protests that followed the police shooting of a Black man. As he has in past rallies, Trump falsely claimed
A Republican strategist said the GOP believes the race for president in Wisconsin is closer than polls show, while a Democratic strategist said it appears Wisconsin is ready to “fire” President Trump. “The intensity that is felt on the Republican side for President Trump is very, very strong,” said Brian
There were still more than 174,000 outstanding absentee ballots as of the latest update from the state Elections Commission with voters facing an 8 p.m. deadline tomorrow to get them back in the hands of local clerks. According to this morning’s update, nearly 1.9 million ballots have been returned out
President Trump returns to Wisconsin today for his 10th visit of 2020 on the heels of three new polls that showed him trailing Joe Biden among likely state voters. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll, released yesterday, found 52 percent of likely voters backing Biden, compared to 41 percent
In back-to-back rallies in Wisconsin today, Donald Trump continued to insist the nation is turning the corner on COVID-19, while Dem rival Joe Biden accused the president of surrendering to the virus.
Milwaukee County’s voting landscape appears to be changing again as longtime suburban GOP strongholds are tilting blue, longtime observers say.
The battleground state of Wisconsin has so far notched over $126 million spent on presidential race ads on TV, cable, radio and digital since the April 7 primary, with most of it from the pro-Biden side. Pro-Biden forces accounted for $80.7 million of that spending, with $36.7 million directly from
Election Day is around the corner and the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their insights and predictions regarding the impending outcome.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has denied a request from a conservative group to bar Wisconsin’s five largest cities from using private money to cover costs for Tuesday’s election as it appeals a decision that found the funding was OK. It is the latest legal setback for the conservative
Gov. Tony Evers has authorized up to 400 members of the National Guard to work at polling stations across the state, a total roughly double the statewide shortage of poll workers reported today by the state’s top election official. Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe told reporters at her weekly media
A split state Supreme Court has declined to give clerks in Calumet and Outagamie counties guidance on how to address thousands of ballots with a printing error that local officials say threatens their ability to count all votes by a state-imposed deadline. The majority didn’t explain its rationale Thursday for
President Trump, who campaigned in West Salem Tuesday, will be in Green Bay Friday afternoon for another rally. The upcoming trip comes the same day Joe Biden will return to Wisconsin for the first time since September. It will be Biden’s third stop in the state this year, compared to
Vice President Pence warned this election is a choice on whether “America remains America.” At a campaign rally in Mosinee on Wednesday, Pence told viewers if Dem presidential candidate Joe Biden wins, he would only serve as a “Trojan horse for the radical left.” “This election is really a choice
Joe Biden continued to have an edge on President Trump in the final Marquette University Law School Poll ahead of next week’s race. The poll found 48 percent of likely voters backed Biden, while 43 percent supported Trump. Another 2 percent said they support Libertarian Jo Jorgensen. The poll has