Madison Wisconsin Citizens Cast Ballots Early in Heavy Voting

Updated - Madison, Wisconsin — Madison municipal government has some nerve.

Following a stated commitment to its electoral mission that eligible Madison voters are able to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted, early voters numbered well into the 1,000s in late July and early August, (In These Times).

The City of Madison had 279 in-person absentee voters on Saturday. We have issued 6,991 absentee ballots so far for the August Primary, 4,740 of which have been returned to be counted. We anticipate that turnout will be high on August 14! pic.twitter.com/qyfrhLPe3N

— Madison WI Clerk (@MadisonWIClerk) August 5, 2018

Voting-obstructionist Republicans across Wisconsin have held their tongues thus far this year as each Madisonian casting their preference at the ballot box appears to be another nail killing the Republican project to win elections by obstructing voters.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has officially promoted Wisconsin's constitutional strong affirmative right to vote as record early-voting from UW students is expected as Madison deploys its campus early-voting sites today.

In-Person Absentee Voting extends to the UW Student Activity Center, Union South, and UW Memorial Union today because #BadgersVote. Hours & locations: https://t.co/3o9TCBRkcw.

— Madison WI Clerk (@MadisonWIClerk) August 6, 2018

Significant Republican voter obstruction legislation was found to be unconstitutional in July 2016 in One Wisconsin Institute v. Thomsen, (U.S. District Court of the Western District of Wisconsin (Case 15-cv-324).

In May 2016 one witness testifying for the Republicans in One Wisconsin, Waukesha County Clerk Kathleen Novack, said, there is "too much access to the voters as far as opportunities" to vote in Madison and Milwaukee, (Jake's Economic TA Funhouse), (Opoien, The Capital Times).

Federal courts do not appear to agree that restricting too much voter access is a rational purpose for Republican-passed election legislation with the intent of stopping voters from casting ballots.

Political observers are waiting for the Republican Party push-back against voters, especially young and minority voters passing themselves off as real Americans.