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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ManyMoose who wrote (56390)	11/3/2004 10:54:52 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 81568

Madison Voter Turnout Hits Near 80 Percent Even Seasoned Poll Workers Overwhelmed By Turnout POSTED: 12:38 am CST November 3, 2004 UPDATED: 2:39 pm CST November 3, 2004 MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin county clerks are calling voter turnout "amazing." Dane County Clerk Joe Parisi was expecting a 75 percent voter turnout, but said late Tuesday it could be near 80 percent. In Madison, some voters waited in line for up to two hours and two polling places ran out of ballots for a short time, News 3 reported. Official vote totals for Madison, released Wednesday afternoon, report 79.9 percent voter turnout with 138,452 voters. In 2000, the city had 118,000 voters. John Kerry garnered nearly 75 percent of the vote over President Bush. Kerry got 102,397; Bush got 34,212 votes. ) Madison Vote Totals ) The city is praising its 960 poll workers for their smooth handling of the election. "The Madison City Clerk's Office deserves a world of credit for how it planned for this election, working closely with the Dane County Clerk's Office and the Mayor and County Executive," said city Communication Director Melanie Conklin. "It's fantastic that with 80 percent voter turnout, it went so smoothly." Conklin said there were more than 160,000 ballots at polling places. The city had another 40,000 on hand and in the afternoon asked for more to be printed for back up. In Verona, officials needed to print more ballots late Tuesday afternoon. "It's been unbelievable," said Verona City Clerk JoAnne Wainwright. "It's like nothing I could have anticipated. I don't think any clerk in the state could have anticipated this turnout. The volume ... the number of absentee votes ... it can overwhelm even my seasoned poll workers." Voters in line by 8 p.m. are legally allowed to vote. At 9 p.m., Milwaukee officials said voters were still standing in line. Kerry state campaign workers said Tuesday afternoon they were seeing exactly what they need to win -- long lines. Kerry managers said they were really pumped up by the turnout, and that includes what they said is a record turnout on the north side of Milwaukee Tuesday morning. Kerry, along with his opponent, was campaigning in Wisconsin right up until the end, showing up early today in La Crosse. Bush lost Wisconsin to Al Gore by fewer than 6,000 votes four years ago.