In-person absentee voting, also known as early voting, began Tuesday morning in Wisconsin with long lines and delays. WISN 12 News saw people lining up in downtown Milwaukee at Zeidler City Hall Tuesday morning before the polls opened. There was a long line at 5 p.m. at the voting site on 60th Street and Capitol Drive in Milwaukee. Milwaukee officials told WISN 12 News that high voter turnout caused delays and outages in the state computer system used for absentee voting. “The wait was long, but it was worth it,” several voters told WISN. “Oh, about two hours, two and a half hours. But it was worth the wait. I’ve been voting for over 50 years, so nothing has changed.'” Cary Porter said. “Well, I wasn’t expecting to wait that long, but it was worth it. It was for a perfect cause,” Barbara Gallaspy said. The city of Glendale posted this on its Facebook page: “Due to the high voter turnout statewide.” , the Wisconsin Elections Commission system used for in-person absentee voting (IPAV) experiences severe delays and periodic outages. The City of Glendale apologizes for any extended wait times during IPAV due to this issue. “Beside Milwaukee,” viewers told WISN 12 News. They waited in long lines in Brookfield, Salem Lakes, Mount Pleasant, south of Milwaukee. Just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, the Wisconsin Elections Commission said it had resolved a delay in the system caused by high turnout. She explained that turnout was higher than expected, and that the WisVote system used by some employees experienced a period of slowness. “The system delay today was entirely related to requests on the WisVote system due to high turnout,” Election Commissioner Anne Jacobs posted on the X website They worked with the Department of Technology and created a larger server space and said: “This is an unprecedented turnout on the first day of in-person absentee voting!! Everything is fine in our WisVote system, and you should be able to vote without a problem.”
In-person absentee voting, also known as early voting, began Tuesday morning in Wisconsin with long lines and delays.
WISN 12 News saw people lining up in downtown Milwaukee at Zeidler City Hall Tuesday morning before the polls opened. There was a long line at 5 p.m. at the voting site on 60th Street and Capitol Drive in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee officials told WISN 12 News that high voter turnout caused delays and outages in the state computer system used for absentee voting.
Many voters told WISN 12 News the wait was long, but it was worth it.
“Oh, about two hours, two and a half hours. But it was worth the wait. I’ve been voting for over 50 years, so nothing has changed,” Carrie Porter said.
“Well, I wasn’t expecting to wait that long, but it was worth it. It was for a perfect cause,” Barbara Gallaspy said.
The City of Glendale posted this on its Facebook page:
“Due to high voter turnout statewide, the Wisconsin Elections Commission system used for in-person absentee voting (IPAV) is experiencing severe delays and periodic outages. The City of Glendale apologizes for any extended wait times during IPAV due to this issue.”
Besides Milwaukee, viewers 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 said it had resolved a system delay caused by high turnout.
She explained that the turnout rate was higher than expected, and that the WisVote system used by some employees witnessed a period of slowness.
“Today’s system delay was entirely related to requests on the WisVote system due to high turnout,” WEC said.
Electoral Commissioner Anne Jacobs posted on X that they worked with the Department of Technology and created more space for the server.
“This is an unprecedented turnout on the first day of in-person absentee voting!! Everything is fine in our WisVote system, and you should be able to vote without a problem,” she said.
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