Nearly 778K absentee ballots returned in Wisconsin, above '22 midterms

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin has already seen more absentee votes this year than the 2022 midterms with 463,491 in-person absentee voters and 777,739 overall absentee votes received through Monday morning's numbers release.

In-person absentee voting ended Sunday but absentee ballots returned to a voting precinct before 8 p.m. on Election Day will be counted. Voters are asked by the Wisconsin Elections Commission to return absentee ballots in person at this point in the election cycle.

That compares to the 2022 midterms, when ultimately 741,795 absentee ballots were returned with 318,130 voting using the in-person absentee process.

Voting hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and voters must be in line and remain in line by 8 p.m.

Voters can register at a polling place on Tuesday and vote while all voters must have acceptable photo identification.

Milwaukee is one of 42 municipalities that uses a Central Count location for all of its absentee ballots. As of 7 p.m. Friday, the city had received 48,311 absentee ballots.

Absentee ballots in the state cannot be processed until Election Day.

Voters will be able to vote on statewide races such as governor, attorney general and lieutenant governor along with federal and local legislative races, local referendums and statewide referendums.