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Push for votes in full swing in Wisconsin

Posted at 8:11 PM, Apr 04, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-04 23:05:20-04
The final push for your vote is at its peak, tonight, on the eve of the Wisconsin primary.
 
Volunteers for both parties are working around the clock to connect with voters tonight, and tomorrow.
 
Voter turnout statewide is expected to be around 40% tomorrow.
 
But with Cruz, Trump, Clinton, and Sanders making stops in Green Bay and Appleton last week, political experts say turnout in Northeast Wisconsin could be much higher. 
 
And it's that possibility of a voter turnout as high as 50%-60% that has volunteers on both sides of the political aisle trying to connect with undecided voters.
 
At the Green Bay headquarters of the Democratic Party of Brown County, vice chair Rich Langan says--between now and tomorrow night--hundreds of volunteers will be blowing up phones, and canvassing neighborhoods.
 
"What's happening right now are people are making phone calls," says Langan, smiling with excitement, "by 10 [p.m.], if you live in the city of Green Bay, possibly 21,000 of you are going to get a call from me."
 
Langan says voters here are energized after Wisconsin's week in the national spotlight.
 
"We've had a lot of the big gun candidates come through this town," says Langan, "I think that we're going to get closer to 50% in Green Bay."
 
And Republicans are hearing the same thing. 
 
"Municipal clerks are planning for 60%-70% in terms of the amount of ballots that they have ordered," says Republican Party of Brown County chair Marian Krumberger.
 
Krumberger says another big draw to the polls tomorrow is the number of important local elections.
 
"We have a great ticket, we have many local elections," says Krumberger, "we support our local Republicans."
 
At their Allouez headquarters tonight, Krumberger is also busy with volunteers.
 
"Volunteers to make phone calls, volunteers to do doors," says Krumberger.
 
"We have a state Supreme Court race, County Board, City Council," lists Langan, "we have school board."
 
Even with a relatively high expected turnout, neither organization is focusing much on free transportation for voters tomorrow.
 
They say early, and absentee voting helped alleviate those concerns.