November 5 is Election Day in Wisconsin, and across the country. Voters will decide on dozens of races - everything from the next President of the United States, down to the smallest Assembly districts.
Throughout the day, TMJ4 News will be updating this live blog with the latest information on elections throughout southeast Wisconsin. Check back often for the latest headlines and developments.
Latest updates:
9:20 a.m. — Voters and poll workers dealing with issues in Racine.
TMJ4's Sydni Eure stopped by the polling place at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church in Racine after a voter called to report some issues there.
A poll worker told Sydni that the location had the wrong chips in machines earlier in the day, but that they've fixed the issue.
Lines are moving along as normal now.
8:22 a.m. — Bringing the party to the polls.
Who said voting can't be fun? TMJ4's Manager of Digital Content, James Kust, snapped this picture of a DJ from DJs at the Polls bringing the beats to the ballot box.
8:05 a.m. — Polls open for one hour and lines are building up.
TMJ4's Tom Durian snapped these photos of voters lining up to cast their ballots.
Polls have only been open for an hour but people are clearly eager to make their voices heard.
7:13 a.m. – Talking to voters about when the results will be announced.
TMJ4's Symone Woolridge spent some time walking around Milwaukee asking voters what's on their minds and when they expect election results to come down.
Richard Jones told her he's glad he voted early so he doesn't have to worry about going to the polls today. He has a prediction on who will win the election — but he doesn't think the winner will be announced today.
"I think it's going to be a number of days before we actually know who the winner is," he said, adding that he thinks the race will be very close.
Watch Symone’s full report below:
7:02 a.m. — Joe St. George breaks down what each Presidential nominee needs from the Electoral College to win the race.
Joe St. George, Scripps News' Deputy Political Director, joined TMJ4 News Today to talk about Electoral College Votes and the easiest path to the White House for both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Joe also explained why Wisconsin is a key battleground state in the Presidential Election — and how it might even decide the election.
Watch that report here:
7 a.m. — Polls open throughout the state
Polls are officially open throughout the state. Find your polling location here. Polls will close at 8 p.m. tonight.
We're already seeing people line up to cast their ballots.
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TMJ4's Sydni Eure started her day at Milwaukee Central Count where election workers received delivery of thousands of absentee ballots this morning. Watch her live report from outside the Baird Center below:
According to the Milwaukee County election clerk, we'll receive election results in two phases. Milwaukee County has eight municipalities that use a central count facility to process every single absentee ballot. That means election results for Greendale, Franklin, Milwaukee, Oak Creek, Shorewood, Wauwatosa, West Allis, and South Milwaukee will be provided.
After each ballot has been processed at Milwaukee County's Central Count, the vote totals from those absentee ballots will then be added to the results received from ballots cast in person at polling locations.
The process is only considered complete when absentee ballot totals are added to the polling place totals. The complete results for each ward will then be posted.
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