But Tom Evenson, a spokesman for Republican Gov. Scott Walker, claims the voter ID law didn't hurt voter turnout.



"Voter turnout in this year's presidential primary was the highest since 1972 with voter ID in place, so to now suggest turnout was down in the general election because of it is wrong," Evenson said. "We have made voting easy while ensuring it is hard to cheat. Lower turnout in the general election was true nationwide. It was not unique to Wisconsin or voter ID."



Albrecht acknowledged that some of the drop-off in turnout had to do with the candidates and less enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. He also did not have statistics detailing how many voters were turned away for not having the proper ID.



The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin had 250 volunteers observing polls Tuesday, mostly in places that have historically had a high number of election day registrations, such as college campuses and urban communities.



Executive director Andrea Kaminski said observers didn't see a big problem at the polls but fears some voters never went to the polls due to the ID requirements.



"How many people are like that?" she said. "Those are the people we can't count."