3,600 Absentee Ballots Still Out In Waukesha; Some May Not Count

WAUKESHA, WI — City election officials in Waukesha are busy wrapping up from the April 7 election and are processing absentee ballots in advance of the April 13 vote-counting day. Election Results have not been posted, city officials said on April 8, citing a court order which prevents election results from being released until April 13.

For this election, the city sent out 18,448 absentee ballots and 14,829 have been returned as of Wednesday morning. A total 2,580 people voted at the polls on election day, officials said. About 3,600 absentee ballots still need to come back. Some may count, others may not depending on whether they have witness signatures and are postmarked by April 7.

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"If you are still in possession of an absentee ballot, there is no longer an option for it to be cast," Waukesha election officials said. "All absentee ballots needed to be hand-delivered by April 7 or postmarked by April 7."

Election officials in Waukesha were effusive in their praise for the volunteers, staff and voters who risked exposure to the coronavirus to participate in the April 7 election.

"We understand the amount of changes that occurred with the Spring Election. We sincerely appreciate your patience as we all navigated through these truly unprecedented and tumultuous times," officials said.