Both sides saw big same-day voter registration numbers

Madison - State election records show that voters in Wisconsin's Democratic-leaning counties have been more likely to register to vote at the polls, but voters in Republican-leaning areas also made heavy use of the state's same-day registration law. The Wisconsin State Journal that in three recent statewide elections, one in eight ballots came from voters who registered that same day, according to data from the Government Accountability Board. The data was for the November 2008 and November 2010 elections, and the June 2012 gubernatorial recall election. By of the Journal Sentinel...