Wisconsin has followed a trend across battleground states, posting much higher in-person absentee voting this year than in 2020.
Three days after in-person absentee voting started on Oct. 22, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) reported that 292,702 absentee ballots had been cast that way. The equivalent period during 2020 saw just 209,665 such ballots, meaning this year saw a 39 percent surge.
“The rate of in-person absentee appears to be at a higher rate than previous elections,” said Meagan Wolfe, WEC’s administrator and the top authority in Wisconsin’s elections.
“Of course, it’s possible that the pace may slow in the days ahead, but the first three days of in-person absentee voting were exceedingly high.”…