Estimated voters outnumber ballots in Kewaunee County Ballots printed with expectation not all will go to polls Nov. 2 By Kevin Boneske For The News-Chronicle While there hasn't been the cry of "voter suppression," such as in the southeast part of the state, fewer ballots than the estimated number of eligible voters have been printed for the Nov. 2 general election in Kewaunee County, said County Clerk Linda Teske. Based upon the state Department of Administration's 2004 estimates, Teske said 15,457 out of the county's 20,860 population are 18 or older, but only 12,700 ballots have been printed countywide for the fall general election. Teske said the decision on the number of ballots to print took into consideration voter turnout in previous elections, along with the amount of ballots distributed to municipalities exceeding that prior voter turnout. Election results from the county clerk's office indicate that during the last presidential election year in 2000, 10,179 county residents cast ballots in the fall general election. The fall general election two years ago included 7,638 county residents casting ballots. Teske said the city of Algoma, which is the county's most-populated municipality at more than 3,000, is receiving the most ballots (2,200) of any municipality in the county, followed by the ballot distribution to the city of Kewaunee (2,100). She said the village of Casco, which is the county's smallest municipality by population, is receiving the smallest number of ballots (400) of any county municipality, while 1,000 ballots have been allotted to the village of Luxemburg, where the estimated total population exceeds 2,000. The number of ballots being provided to the county's 10 townships, Teske said, ranges from 550 in the towns of Pierce and Lincoln to 900 in the towns of Luxemburg and Montpelier. In the event voter turnout would result in a shortage of ballots on election day, Teske said additional ballots would be printed and obtained Nov. 2 at Algoma Printing. While the county's municipalities do not maintain a list of registered voters, and are not presently required to do so, based upon their population, Teske said the names of people who vote in an election are placed on a poll list. Although no proof of identification is required when a poll worker is able to identify someone who shows up to vote, Teske said a municipal clerk who questions whether someone is an eligible voter of that municipality could check someone's identification by asking for a driver's license. In the event someone wouldn't have identification which indicates an address in the county municipality he or she wants to vote, Teske said that person could bring to the polls a utility bill, for instance, which reflects his or her current address.