Election Day Is Sedate at Madison, Wisconsin Polls Staffed by Young People

Meadowridge Library in Madison Wisconsin
Election Day 2020 - No voters in sight

Updated - Madison, Wisconsin - A beautiful day and young, new faces greeted the veritable trickle of voters observed today.

On the southwest side, two polling places saw barely a trickle of voters at approximately 10 a.m., continuing a quiet morning across the city during this Pandemic election.

Polling workers skewed very young in a radical departure from a typically high number of folks of retired age. 

Increased number of turnout checks reported to the City Clerk includes scheduled counts at 9, 11 in the morning and  1, 4, 6 and 7 in the p,m., a poll worker said. 

The high turnout-reporting is a consequence of the mammoth number of early voting, and the resultant feeding of ballots into tabulators all day.

Some 20 young workers staffing the polls this morning vastly outnumbered observed voters present over a half-hour period at two separate southwest Madison polling sites.

Young poll workers saved this Election today. 

The City Clerk and other election officials have been sending out thank yous for weeks.

One observer and a poll worker say they expect results from the City to come no later than usual on presidential general election day.

Our polling places are hopping today!

With most polling places reporting their 2pm numbers, we've processed 47.71% of absentee ballots.#MadisonVotes2020 #vote #elections2020

— Madison WI Clerk (@MadisonWIClerk) November 3, 2020