It has been more than 12 years since Wisconsin Republicans introduced the first "Defense of Marriage" legislation here. Today is their day: the so-called "Marriage Protection Amendment" finally goes to a general vote.
Let's see how the "Yes" forces are making sure the playing field is even so they can "let the people decide":
In northeast Wisconsin so far this morning...
Word from the Green Bay city clerk's office that as many as 10% of all ballots cast in today's election may be absentee... I know that there was a line when I voted mid-afternoon on October 28...
Reports of some "hanky panky" in Green Bay and Menasha earlier today... Matters are reportedly being monitored by "no" supporters...
In Madison, I heard about "hour long lines" at the polls at 8 AM this morning... Story just showed up online...
The Capital Times reported polling yesterday that 65% of likely Dane county voters surveyed were voting "no"... And those numbers do not include two classes of newly registered student voters... Cap Times
In Milwaukee, TV stations are reporting that the marriage ballot is diving higher turnout at the polls...
Statewide, some problems with registered voter databases: people with hyphenated or dual last names are not being found... Computers are putting those voters out of order at the tops of lists, forcing some to re-register... County and city clerks are being alerted to the problem...
Also, clerks' offices are being inundated with questions about the ballot issue statewide...
This afternoon saw a significant number of volunteers fail to show for the final "Get Out The Vote" push in the northeast region... However Fair Wisconsin staffers told me they had met their GOTV goals...
Polls are less than an hour away from closing... More shortly......
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