Monday, March 26, 2012
2:20 PM
GAB projects turnout of 35 percent
The GAB estimates turnout for next week's spring election and presidential primary could hit 35 percent.
Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy said the projected turnout of 1.5 million would be similar to the number of voters that went to the polls for the presidential primary in 2008, which was held in February.
“The Republican presidential nomination is still very contested, just as the Democratic nomination was very contested when Wisconsin voted in 2008,” Kennedy said.
According to the GAB, the highest voter turnout for a spring presidential primary since 1960 was 50.2 percent that year.
The GAB noted there will be six Republicans on the presidential ballot. Michele Bachman and Jon Huntsman did not respond to the state's requests to remove their names from the ballot after they dropped out of the race. They will join Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum on the ballot.
President Obama is the only one on the Dem primary ballot.
-- By Staff
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