The recall is widely viewed as one of the most significant contests nationally this year outside of the presidential race. The lieutenant governor’s job, along with four state Senate seats, are also up for recall.

“Everything leading up to this election, it completely felt like a presidential” election, Witzel-Behl said.

Despite the heavy turnout, state officials reported relatively few problems, with most related to identification and residency requirements.

The 17 teams of lawyers and agents sent around the state to monitor the election for the state Department of Justice found no major voting fraud problems as of 3 p.m., said DOJ spokesperson Dana Brueck.

GAB officials said they received complaints about robocalls, including some saying petition signers don’t have to vote Tuesday to be counted in the election.

Other hiccups included a voting machine in the town of Rothschild, near Wausau, that was damaged overnight and had to be replaced Tuesday morning, GAB spokesman Reid Magney said. And a polling place in Milwaukee was reportedly asking voters to show identification to vote even though that is not required, Magney said.

In Deerfield, some confusion about whether an ID was necessary to vote was mixed up with the requirement of an ID needed to register to vote, was cleared up by GAB officials, Magney said.