Big First Day Turnout for In-Person Absentee Voting in Wisconsin

Friday, October 23rd, 2026 -- 9:00 AM

(Wisconsin Radio Network) Big first day turnout for in person absentee voting in Wisconsin.

According to the Wisconsin Radio Network, the Wisconsin Elections Commission reported 55,659 in-person absentee voters for Tuesday, exceeding 33,644 on the first day of early voting in 2022 and 34,036 in 2025.

Daily absentee ballot report spreadsheets are generated by the WEC system at 7:30 a.m. each day, one broken down by county and another by municipality. Find the reports at https://elections.wi.gov/statistics-data/absentee-statistics.

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