More Than 240K Absentee Ballots Cast
Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 -- 6:48 AM
Going into the last day of early voting for the November 4 General Election, more than 240,300 absentee ballots have been cast so far, according to the Government Accountability Board.Of the 240,308 ballots cast through the morning of Friday, October 31st, there were 173,361 early votes cast in clerk's offices and there were 66,947 ballots cast by mail or other absentee voting methods. There were 22,462 absentee ballots issued that had not yet been returned.
On Thursday, Kennedy projected that 2.5 million Wisconsin residents, or 56.5 percent of eligible voters, will vote in the 2014 General Election, which would be a record for a November gubernatorial election.
Because of changes in election law moving the primary election date and changing the time period for in-person absentee voting in clerks' offices, direct comparisons between these preliminary numbers and preliminary numbers from previous elections are difficult. Also, the number of clerks who track absentee ballots in SVRS has changed over time.
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