“I’m for truth, justice and the American way,” the 40-year-old Powell said as he waited for the election clerk’s office to open. “And I feel Donald Trump would be the best one to make America great again.”

Rachel Brenner, a University of Wisconsin professor in the Center for Jewish Studies, said after casting her ballot that Clinton was the only candidate for her.

“I’m very excited and I’m very worried,” Brenner said of the presidential election. “These are very troubling races. No one is speaking to each other in a civilized language.”

Similar scenes played out across the state with the start of the in-person early voting period that runs through April 1, not including weekends. State elections board spokesman Reid Magney said no problems had been reported in the opening hours of voting, the first presidential primary where photo identification is required.

In addition to the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries, voters will decide a state Supreme Court race between Justice Rebecca Bradley and state Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg. There are hundreds of other local races across the state, as well.