11:36 AM: Action slow so far at Racine polls
Racine City Clerk Janice Johnson-Martin was expecting turnout in the range of 40 percent to 45 percent, but her visits to polling places this morning found the action slow to this point.
Voters in the Dem-heavy city face a wide-open 11-way primary for mayor. Candidates include, in part, state Rep. Bob Turner, former state Sen. Kim Plache, three city aldermen, a former alderman, and two former county supervisors.
Johnson-Martin said some of the polling places had about 130 ballots turned when she did her checks this morning, but some smaller polling places were only at about 20 ballots cast.
"I was expecting a big turnout, but I'm not sure what the final number will be," she said, adding that there could be a rush between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
-- By Greg Bump