Wisconsin voters turned out in record numbers Nov. 6, casting over three million votes in the 2012 General Election, according to the Government Accountability Board.
Votes cast for the president ticket totaled 3,071,434, the most votes cast for a single office in a statewide election in Wisconsin’s history.
“This record turnout reflects the voting public’s deep-rooted commitment to participate in the selection of their governmental leaders,” Wisconsin’s chief election official Kevin J. Kennedy said in a press release.
In addition to the record number of votes cast, Kennedy noted the percent of voter turnout, up slightly from 2008, was one of the highest percentages in recent history.
“Wisconsin’s turnout rate of 70.14 percent of eligible voters casting ballots in the presidential race was the fourth-highest percentage since records have been kept going back to 1948.” Kennedy said.
