MADISON, WI (MetroSource-WSAU) Madison is seeing record-breaking absentee voter turnout ahead of next week's election. The city has already beaten early voting records in comparable elections.
Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl reported that 32,000 absentee ballots have been requested. 28,000 have been used to cast votes, 22,000 of which were cast in-person.
Around the state more than 400,000 absentee ballots have been requested, according to Reid Magney, a spokesman for the state elections committee. He says that is high for a midterm election, but is less than the general election of 2016.
Some of the interest in early voting may also be centered on the non-binding marijuana questions which are on the ballot in 16 counties around the state.
In Wisconsin voters can request an absentee ballot for any reason. In many other states a voter must certify that they will be out-of-town or are unable to get to their polling place on Election Day.
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