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City Clerk debrief of the April 2, 2024 Spring Election
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Submitted by:
Steven Braatz, City Clerk
Zachary Kessler, Deputy City Clerk
Department:
City Clerk
A. By the Numbers
Totals
* Total Absentees Processed: 4,538
* Total In-Person Voters: 8,780
* Total Voters: 13,318
* Total turnout: 40.64%
Totals by Polling Sites - In-Person Voters
* Wauwatosa City Hall - Lower Civic Center (Wards 1, 2A, 2B, 3): 1,087
* St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church (Wards 4A, 4B, 6B): 548
* Trinity Episcopal Church (Wards 5, 6A): 572
* St. Camillus (Wards 7, 8, 9A, 9B): 1,054
* Honey Creek Church (Wards 10, 11, 12A, 12B): 1,273
* Wauwatosa Library - Firefly Room (Wards 13, 14, 15): 1,169
* Mt. Mary University (Wards 16, 17, 18): 1,175
* Mt. Zion Lutheran Church (Wards 19, 20A, 20B, 21A, 21B): 822
* Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (Wards 22, 23, 24A, 24B): 1,080
Absentees
* Total absentees mailed: 3,276
* Total absentees emailed: 39
* Total absentees Special Voting Deputy: 178
* Total absentees online: 1
* Total IPAV: 1,840
* Total Absentees Issued: 5,334
* Total absentees returned and counted: 4,538
* Total absentees rejected: 5
* Total absentees voter refused: 31
* Total absentees returned after the deadline (as of 4-15-24): 86
* Total absentees returned (in some manner): 4,660
* Percentage returned vs. issued: 87.4%
* Percentage returned and counted vs. rejected: 0.01%
Registration Applications
* Late Registrations (from March 14-29): 61
* Election Day Registrations: 426
B. New Polling Sites
St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church
The space was great for this turnout. Staff and the Chief Inspectors have ideas for updates to the layout for the upcoming elections. Church staff was extremely accommodating. Engineering used nearby traffic cams to observe traffic flow, and have provided ideas to reduce the amount of westbound motorists entering the east entrance. Apparently, parents from nearby schools who commonly use that p...
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