BREAKING: Madison, Wisconsin Turnout Over 100%

[hue]

Source: Daily Kos

Sorry for the short hit and run diary.

This just appeared in my newsfeed on Facebook from WTDY in Madison:

BREAKING: Madison City Clerk predicting turnout in Madison of over 100 percent (meaning large numbers of people are voting and registering at the polls).

I will add more as it becomes available.

Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/05/1097599/-Breaking-Madison-Turnout-Over-100

[Make7]

1. Good news! Thanks. ( n/t )

[flpoljunkie]

2. Rev. Al Sharpton just said between 2.6 and 2.8 million expected to vote today in Wisconsin

This should auger well for Dems.

[freshwest]

8. Those who held back in 2010 have learned a lot. Good for them.

[Denninmi]

3. Well, that will have teaparty heads spinning.

Since they want to make people jump through a thousand hoops to vote.

[cosmicone]

4. Yeah ... they want to stop all the illegal Americans from voting hahaha n/t

[rayofreason]

23. Do you want noncitizens to vote?

[Bradical79]

24. I think that was a joke

I think that was supposed to be a joke on the Tea party's real motives for their stance on election reform.

[cosmicone]

25. It indeed was a joke. n/t

[hue]

5. Today We have the transit of Venus!! To all misogynists: Venus is on OUR SIDE today!!

(You can't buy that Koch suckers!) Thanks Gov. Barrett for supporting Women!!! ?

[freshwest]

9. Yeah! The stars are with us! Or the planets, rather... uh... Go WI!

[dbackjon]

6. Repukes will just say it is the same people from Chicago voting in both Madison and Milwaukee

Bussed around voting by the evil unions

[slackmaster]

12. Or if Walker wins, some Democrats will insist that the GOP sent in an army of stooges

I hope the election is verifiable.

[may3rd]

22. in that case, I suggest all the walk ins need to be vetted as to residency requirements

Can always have another recall.
If at first you don't succeed

[L. Coyote]

26. With paperless voting machines, you don't need stooges

you only need one hacker

[slackmaster]

28. I wasn't aware that there were paperless voting machines in use in Wisconsin

Do you have a link to share?

[freshwest]

7. Beauty does not need an apology! Nor can it be seen too often! Go Wisconsin!

[chknltl]

10. excuse me for this but how can there be over 100% turnout?

If every eligible voter turned out to vote, that would, by my way of thinkin' be 100%. So ....um... who are those voters over and beyond that 100%? Are zombies flexing their political muscles again??...I am all about equality and stuff but I draw the line at zombies! They have horrid hygiene, I mean have you ever tried using a voting booth after a zombie has been in it??!!1!

[xmas74]

11. It's over 100 percent of registered voters.

In Wisconsin you can register to vote at the polls, compared to other states. (For example, in my state of Missouri you must be registered within so many days before a vote-average is over 2 weeks early.)

If a majority of registered voters show to vote and a number of unregistered show to register and vote then yes, it would add up to over 100%.

[Bjorn Against]

13. Madison is a college town, students are among the most likely to register at the polls

Voter turnout above 100% is rare but it can legitimately happen in states that allow voters to register at the polls, considering that college students make up a huge percentage of Madison's population it is more likely to happen there than most parts of the country.

[Grins]

15. Easy. James O'Keefe is in town.

It's a skill I have - Expert on nothing with opinions on everything.

[may3rd]

21. People not on the rolls walk in and registered is the gist I get from the article

I wonder what information they had to submit as proof of residency.

[Iliyah]

14. Wonder how the Black communities are doing?

And other minority areas.

It looking good tho for Barrett. I think he can pull it out, fingers crossed.

[liberalmuse]

16. That gave me chills.

I wish it were this way every time we had an election. I think this country would look a bit differently - and better.

[D23MIURG23]

17. OH NOES ITS TEH VOTER FRAUDS!!!11!1

Sorry, just the first thing that came to my head.

[Evasporque]

27. TEH vans of unemploys from Illinois....

going from voting site to site voting multiple times....that is what they were screaming...

[bucolic_frolic]

18. This is a great night for the Boots on the Ground folks

We've been hearing about it since October 2000 ... Ground Game

Go Dems go! Maybe Wisconsin can teach the Democratic Party how
to execute a real election!

[may3rd]

19. So, does that mean the turnout was between 104% and 109% with unregistered people walking in ?

or was the article mistaken ?

[BamaFanLee]

20. You can register and vote the same day

Now if only we can do away with photo ID we can win more elections. Though MSNBC may be calling this for Walker. I don't see that sticking. Everyone I know is pulling for Barrett.

[may3rd]

29. Walker took 54% OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST