If Absentee Votes Are An Indicator, Election Turnout Could Be High

More Wisconsin voters are casting absentee ballots than in any other primary election in recent years.  That could be an indicator of a healthy turnout today (Tuesday) at the polls.  As of Monday, the Wisconsin Elections Commission was reporting more than 98-thousand absentee ballots had been cast statewide.  Dane, Milwaukee, and Waukesha counties represent about 44 percent of those early votes.  The statewide total is more than 13 percent high than the number of absentee votes in the 2016 partisan primary.