BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – Brown County reporting a 20 percent voter turnout in the Spring election.
County Clerk Sandy Juno says having a some key races helped pull people to the polls, even in bad weather.
“I think there was strong interest in this election.”
Juno says the Supreme Court race and multiple races for Green Bay City Council were ones that drew a lot of the voters attention.
She added that it is not uncommon for this election to result in a lower turnout.
“Last year we had 17 percent, so that is three precent higher. It would have been nice if it would have been higher, and maybe with better weather it would have been.”
As far as the weather, having the heavy snow start later in the day helped.
“I felt that there was a lot of morning activity, and as we got later in the day and the weather got worse, it kind of slowed down.”
Recent past spring elections had around a 23 percent voter turnout.
