Milwaukee County, Madison and Green Bay use these systems. The Elections Board has encouraged a move away from punch cards. A few communities, including Kenosha, use lever machines. They took advantage of the state's tradition of easy registration at the polls to vote in record numbers.
Some states are just more amateurish than others.
The mess in Florida, the scattered cries of foul in the closest presidential vote in modern-day Wisconsin elections,and the possibility of recounts here and elsewhere all are shining light on the obscure art of election administration. The debate is especially interesting in Wisconsin, which allows greater freedom to vote than most states and relies more on municipalities to stage elections rather than counties or the state. Polling place supervision Because elections are infrequent and local governments are cash-strapped, very little permanent election bureaucracy exists. That leaves polling places in the hands of citizen volunteers with minimal training, a low comfort level with technology and little experience in crowd control. Many municipal clerks say they struggle to find enough people for the jobs.