Early in-person absentee 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. Some voters told WISN 12 News reporter Kendall Keyes they waited up to three hours to vote. “I wasn’t expecting this,” said Jacqueline White, a Milwaukee voter. “When I saw this, my heart was filled with joy. People are ready for change.” Milwaukee officials told WISN 12 News that high voter turnout caused delays and outages in the state’s computer system used for absentee voting. “Our system has become sluggish,” said Anne Jacobs, chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Jacobs, a Democrat, is chairman of the bipartisan Wisconsin State Election Commission. She said machines that print ballot labels couldn’t keep up with the amount of requests coming in, slowing down the statewide system. “The issue has been resolved. We are monitoring it closely and I don’t want anyone to worry. Your votes will be counted. This is just a matter of slowing down. It has not stopped,” Jacobs said. Jacobs said they addressed the issue on Tuesday. “We had to go further and increase our server space. We worked with the enterprise technology department, which is where our servers are stored. And that’s right here in Wisconsin.” Jacobs said. “We were able to get more space for the server. So everything is going well now and we’re continuing to monitor it.” 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 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. 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 the 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.
Early in-person absentee 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.
Some voters told WISN 12 News reporter Kendall Keyes they waited up to three hours to vote.
“I wasn’t expecting this,” said Jacqueline White, a Milwaukee voter. “When I saw this, my heart was filled with joy. People are ready for change.”
Milwaukee officials told WISN 12 News that high voter turnout caused delays and outages in the state computer system used for absentee voting.
“Voter turnout was very high, much more than we expected on the first day of in-person absentee voting,” said Anne Jacobs, chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. “Our system has become slow.”
Jacobs, a Democrat, is chairman of the bipartisan Wisconsin State Election Commission. Machines that print ballot labels couldn’t keep up with the amount of requests coming in, slowing down the statewide system, she said.
“The issue has been resolved. We are monitoring it closely and I don’t want anyone to worry. Your votes will be counted. This is just a matter of slowing down. It has not stopped,” Jacobs said.
Jacobs said they addressed the issue on Tuesday.
“We had to go further and increase our server space. We worked with the enterprise technology department, which is where our servers are stored. And that’s right here in Wisconsin.” Jacobs said. “We were able to get more space for the server. So everything is working fine now and we are continuing to monitor it.”
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.”
Aside from 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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