In-person absentee voting, also known as early voting, began in Wisconsin on Tuesday morning with long lines and delays. People were lined up at Seidler City Hall in downtown Milwaukee before voting began Tuesday morning, WISN 12 News reported. And by 5 p.m., long lines had formed at the polling place at 60th Street and Capitol Drive in Milwaukee. Milwaukee officials told WISN 12 News that the high turnout caused delays and failures in the state’s computer system used for absentee voting. several voters told WISN. 12 News The wait was long, but it was worth it. “Well, it was about two hours, two and a half hours, but it was well worth the wait. I’ve been voting for over 50 years and nothing changes,” Carrie Porter said. “Well, I didn’t expect to wait that long, but it was worth it. It was for a perfect cause,” Barbara Gallaspie said. The City of Glendale posted on its Facebook page: “Due to high voter turnout across the state,” the Wisconsin Elections Commission system used for in-person absentee voting (IPAV) has suffered significant delays and periodic outages, and the City of Glendale We apologize for the longer wait times during IPAV due to this issue,” a viewer outside of Milwaukee told WISN 12 News. They waited in long lines in Brookfield, Salem Lakes, Mount Pleasant and South Milwaukee. Just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, the Wisconsin Elections Commission announced it had resolved delays in its system caused by high voter turnout. He explained that due to higher than expected turnout, the WisVote system used by some clerks experienced delays for a period of time. “Today’s system delays were purely related to the demands on the WisVote system due to high voter turnout,” the WEC said. Elections Commissioner Anne Jacobs posted on X that she is working with the Department of Technology to increase server space. “This is an unprecedented turnout for the first day of in-person absentee voting!! Everything is working great with our WisVote system and you should have no problem voting,” she said.
MILWAUKEE —
In-person absentee voting, also known as early voting, began Tuesday morning in Wisconsin, leading to long lines and delays.
People were lined up at Seidler City Hall in downtown Milwaukee before voting began Tuesday morning, WISN 12 News reported. And by 5 p.m., long lines had formed at the polling place at 60th Street and Capitol Drive in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee officials told WISN 12 News that high turnout caused delays and failures in the state’s computer system used for absentee voting.
Multiple voters told WISN 12 News the wait was long but worth it.
“Yeah, it took about two, two and a half hours, but it was well worth the wait. I’ve been voting for over 50 years and nothing has changed,” Carrie Porter said.
"Well, we didn’t expect to wait that long, but it was worth it. It was for the perfect cause,” Barbara Gallaspie said.
The City of Glendale posted on its Facebook page:
“Due to high voter turnout across the state, the Wisconsin Elections Commission system used for absentee voting (IPAV) is experiencing significant delays and regular outages. We apologize for the long wait time during IPAV.
Viewers told WISN 12 News that in addition to Milwaukee, they also waited in long lines in South Milwaukee’s Brookfield, Salem Lakes and Mount Pleasant.
Just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, the Wisconsin Elections Commission announced it had resolved delays in its system caused by high voter turnout.
He explained that due to higher than expected turnout, the WisVote system used by some clerks experienced delays for a period of time.
“Today’s system delays were purely related to the demands on the WisVote system due to high voter turnout,” the WEC said.
Elections Commissioner Anne Jacobs posted on X that she is working with the Department of Technology to increase server space.
“This is an unprecedented turnout for the first day of in-person absentee voting!! Everything is working great with our WisVote system and you should have no problem voting,” she said.
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We apologize for underestimating your incredible enthusiasm for voting. Unprecedented turnout for the first day of absentee voting!! Everything is working fine with the WisVote system and you should be able to vote without any problems. So let’s go vote! 2/fin
— Ann Jacobs (@AnnJacobsMKE) October 22, 2024
