Tuesday, June 5, 2012
11:13 PM
With 268 precincts still out, turnout already past 2010 mark
With 268 precincts still out, there are already more votes in tonight than were cast in the 2010 guv's race, according to unofficial returns.
Two years ago, 2,158,915 votes were cast for Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, Libertarian Terry Virgil and two independents.
So far, 2,208,056 votes have been cast for Walker, Barrett and independent Hari Trivedi.
Barrett is right at his number from 2010 with 1,004,957 votes, compared to 1,004,3030 two years ago. Walker is at 1,190,420 compared to 1,128,941 in 2010.
Turnout was 49.7 percent in 2010, and the GAB projected between 2.6 million and 2.8 million people vote in this year's race, which would be between 60 percent to 65 percent of eligible voters.
-- By JR Ross
Labels: 2012_recall_elections
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