MILWAUKEE — City and county leaders across Wisconsin were busy Monday making sure everything was ready for Tuesday’s presidential primary.
Sandi Wesolowski is the city clerk for the City of South Milwaukee. She said she expects a large turnout for the spring election.
“I think people are more alert to elections than they were 10 to 15 years ago, so it brings out all different ages of people for different reasons,” said Wesolowski.
Wesolowski said voters need to remember to only vote for one party in the presidential preference vote.
“The voter will have to remember that they are only allowed to vote for one party in the presidential preference vote,” she said. “It is a primary within a party, but they cannot vote for more than one party.”
South Milwaukee is one of many cities in the state that has a school referendum on the ballot asking taxpayers to contribute more for school services.
Wesolowski said she has been working 70-hour weeks for the past month to ready her poll workers to ensure a successful election day.
“People don’t even realize, for instance, getting absentee ballots ready or even getting the poll lists ready, how many hours are involved in a process like that. Even with absentee ballots that are cast, there’s hours involved when ballots are returned,” said Wesolowski.
Patrick Brever is the city administrator for the City of South Milwaukee. He said the long hours of election workers make voting a positive experience.
“It’s our hope that voter turnout is high and that Wisconsin’s residents will express their voice to the ballot box and I certainly would encourage all voters to thank their poll workers while they are at their polling places,” said Brever.
Wesolowski said she always gives some extra encouragement to new generations of voters who show up and vote.
“When a new voter who just turns 18 comes to the counter, I always take an extra minute to give them instructions so when in the future, when they go to the polls that they feel comfortable,” said Wesolowski.
