Voter registration up more than 61,000 since 2012, with more gains in Obama counties
With a little more than a week before Election Day, more than 3.5 million voters are registered so far in Wisconsin. That’s 61,630 more than as of this time in 2012, with 70 percent of the increase coming in counties that President Barack Obama won four years ago, according to data from the state Elections Commission.
Dane County has 22,463 more registered voters than four years ago, far and away the largest increase among the state’s 72 counties and nearly three times as many as the Republican strongholds of Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties combined.
Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said the increase in the state’s liberal stronghold is likely due to a combination of population growth and expanded early voting options in Madison and other local municipalities after a judge struck down laws limiting early voting hours.
Andrea Kaminski, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, said a Dane County coalition including the League and the NAACP “has been extremely active in registering people, much more so than I’ve seen in previous years.” Other groups have also registered voters, she said.
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