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Wisconsin election officials say state voters have cast nearly 290,000 absentee votes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials say state voters have cast nearly 290,000 absentee votes ahead of Tuesday's election.
According to the state Government Accountability Board, which oversees Wisconsin elections, voters had cast 289,615 absentee ballots as of noon Monday. A little more than 216,361 ballots were cast early in local clerk's offices. The remaining 73,254 ballots were cast by mail or other methods.
The absentee vote has easily surpassed the 265,427 absentee votes cast in the 2012 recall election that saw Republican Gov. Scott Walker defeat Democrat Tom Barrett.
About 16,500 absentee ballots that clerks mailed to voters haven't been returned. Those ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday and in clerks' offices by 4 p.m. Friday to count.
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http://chippewa.com/dunconnect/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin-voters-cast-nearly-k-absentee-ballots/article_e6b1059d-4c3a-5ddc-92ca-4296489c0640.html