GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Voters could be seen lined up throughout the day Tuesday, as polls opened bright and early at 7 a.m.
In Green Bay, voters lined up at the 27 polling stations across the city.
As of Nov. 4, Green Bay had 51,000 registered voters, according to Green Bay City Clerk Celestine Jeffreys.
“That’s actually a very brisk number,” she commented. “We had about 45,000 in the middle of 2021.”
But that number went up Tuesday.
“Three locations ran out of registration forms, so that’s quite a showing,” said Jeffreys.
There have been several complaints on how Green Bay has handled elections since 2020. Green Bay saw a lawsuit just last week about election observer access.
One complaint received Tuesday was that someone saw another person vote without an ID.
“If they voted without an ID, I’ll address that when we reconsole the poll book,” said Jeffreys.
“From Oct. 25 to Nov. 6, we had an average of 250 voters for in-person absentee voting every day,” said Jeffreys. “And then in three days, we had over 1,200 voters.”
Jeffreys also said that 14 locations didn’t have enough ballots. She had ordered 37,000 ballots for the city but had to order more of those as well because of the high turnout. She said she had to replenish ballots at eight locations. Some of those ballots have already been delivered, but some are still on their way.
“At polls, a tremendous turnout. I ordered a ton of ballots, but we have a lot of people in Green Bay that want to vote, which please me deeply and should please everyone. Voting is the first way you participate in society,” said Jeffreys.
For Stephanie Clayborn, this is her first time voting in Green Bay.
“No complaints from me, it was good,” said Clayborn.
Being her first time, she says she was still aware of the past election concerns.
“I was leery about coming, but I’m here,” said Clayborn. “I thought it went well, I had to register here, but I thought it was great.”
Statewide, voting has largely gone smoothly, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
