Iron County Clerks report record number of absentee ballots

HURLEY – Thursday was the last day for Wisconsin residents to request an absentee ballot, and Friday was the last day to register to vote or to vote early in-person, according to city clerks for Hurley, Montreal and Mercer.  Collectively the three cities have sent out 1,329 absentee voting ballot requests for the Nov. 3 election and so far 1,128 of them have been returned. The numbers are more than three times the absentee ballot requests for the 2016 general election.  In Hurley, there were 473 absentee ballots mailed out for the Tuesday election, which is 190% more than for the 2016 presidential election.  Voters still with absentee ballots on Election Day should bring them to the polling station.  Voters can check the status of their absentee ballot, as well as their registration status online at myvote.wi.gov