Milwaukee Prepared For Turnout Four-Times Higher Than Usual

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Milwaukee County Exec. Race Expected To Draw High Turnout
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POSTED: 10:46 am CDT April 5, 2011
UPDATED: 11:16 am CDT April 5, 2011
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MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County is expected to outpace state turnout at the ballot box today as voters decide not only a state Supreme Court seat, but also the next Milwaukee County executive.

Spring elections typically see an 8 to 10 percent turnout in the city. Neil Albrecht of the Milwaukee Election Commission said they are preparing for a showing of 25 to 30 percent.

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"Normally we would have a small crew, almost a skeleton crew. Now, we have extra staffing at each one of our sites in anticipation of a bigger crowd. We don't want people to stand in line just because there is a higher turnout for the election," said Albrect.


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[louslobbs]

1. K&R

Lou

[iemitsu]

2. sad that in a highly charged electoral

environment a good turn out of voters gets only 25% to 30%.
this is a major problem in our democracy.

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. "Does this guy know how to party or what?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw1cHykOxqg