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About 54,000 people registered to vote on election day in Milwaukee, according to data from the Milwaukee Election Commission.

That represents 19% of those who voted, says Neil Albrecht, the city's election commissioner.

Albrecht also released election-day registration by ward in the city. And as was the case with the June 5 recall election, wards at or near some of the city's college campuses accounted for the highest number of voters registering on Nov. 6.

Of the 327 wards in the city, three wards at or near the Marquette University campus had the highest number of same-day registrants. In Ward 190, a total of 719 people registered to vote on election day. In Ward 192, 628 people registered. And in Ward 191, 586 people registered to vote on election day.

The fourth-highest turnout occurred in Ward 128, where 559 people signed up to vote. That ward is at Riverside University High School, within walking distance of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Ward 185 attracted the fifth-highest turnout for same-day registrants. That ward is on the campus of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, where 554 people registered on election day.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker has said he is considering ending the state's same-day voter registration. That has drawn criticism from some of the state's Democrats, including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.

President Barack Obama won easily in the City of Milwaukee, taking 79% or 227,384 of all votes cast. Republican Mitt Romney got 21%, or 56,553 votes.

A top Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association official has said ending same-day registration will be burdensome for the state's clerks.

The City of Madison has not yet broken down same-day registration by ward. A city official, however, estimated that 24,000 people registered to vote on Nov. 6.