SEB Executive Director Says No Major Problems

State Elections Board executive director Kevin Kennedy said he'd heard of a handful of problems around Wisconsin by mid-afternoon but nothing serious.

In Green Bay, Democrats complained that poll workers were asking for drivers licenses before allowing people to vote. Turns out a voter showed up at the wrong ward and a poll worker asked for the ID to determine the proper polling place, Kennedy said.

Kennedy said the board received a complaint that the Town of Menasha wrote on its Web site that voters had to show an ID to vote, which is incorrect. He said the agency contacted the town to correct the mistake.

See the Town of Menasha's Web site on election information.

Kennedy said he'd also heard of some polling places in Milwaukee where poll workers asked voters for a drivers license. In some cases, he said, it was simply the poll worker asking to see the license to make it easier to copy down the number, which is required for those registering to vote at the polls today.

"You can't write a script for everything," Kennedy said.

-- By JR Ross