Voters cast their ballots in spring general election
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Polls opened bright and early Tuesday morning. Since 7 a.m. people have gone in and out of polling places without issue.
In downtown Milwaukee, no long lines were seen at Centennial Hall nor the Ziedler Municipal Building.
Volunteers told CBS 58 it seems there are more people voting now than during early voting, but not as many people as they see in November.
Wisconsin's top elections administrator told CBS 58 that turnout varies from season to season.
"It's always unpredictable, what turnout's going to look like. People are also voting by absentee-by mail- and during in-person absentee," said Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator. "As a matter of fact, there were about 360,000 absentee ballot requests from voters for this election. Of those, about 285,000 of those have been returned."
At Zeidler, lots of people were being told it was not their voting site by volunteers, and they highly encouraged voters go to Myvote.wi.gov to verify where their home polling place is located ahead of time.
Meanwhile, voting advocates and canvassers also hit the streets early Tuesday morning, encouraging Milwaukeeans to head to the polls.
Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) deployed more than two dozen ambassadors to knock on doors and distribute voting information.
Volunteers focused on Milwaukee's North side, and districts with contended elections, especially encouraging Black voters to head to the polls.
They asked neighbors if they had voted yet and let them know where to find their polling place, providing information about BLOC-endorsed candidates.
The organization shared the message that local elections truly matter.
"I feel like a lot of times Black voters are overlooked, so I feel like it's our duty to let them know that they have that support, and they have people backing them, and people that want the same thing that we want," said BLOC ambassador Shanice Jones. "We want a thriving community. We want people to know that their voices can be heard."
BLOC ambassadors were out knocking on doors until polls closed at 8 p.m.