"87% of registered voters voted in Milwaukee"

[applegrove]

87% of registered voters voted in Milwaukee

By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/177734161.html

"SNIP........................................

The Milwaukee Election Commission reports that 288,549 voters cast their ballots on Tuesday in the election, which turns out to be a 87% turnout rate among registered voters.

By comparison, 275,042 people voted four years ago, for a 80.3% turnout rate among registered voters. In 2004, 277,535 voters cast their ballots, good for a 69.9% turnout rate among registered voters.

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[LisaL]

1. Wow. That's amazing.

[applegrove]

2. Wow. Fantastic. How did they do it? Does anybody know?

[LisaL]

3. They went to the polls and voted?

[rper123]

4. Good Thing

That a good thing. Let's see what happens for the next mid term elections.

[barnabas63]

5. Awesome and TY Milwaukee. nt

[JimWis]

6. That's an awesome turnout.