BY PRESS TIMES STAFF
GREEN BAY – On April 11, Project VOTE of Brown County awarded its “Voter Challenge” trophies for the April 2 election in the Brown County Courthouse Rotunda.
Project VOTE is a local non-partisan group that works to increase “informed voter turnout” and awareness in Brown County.
The group issues the Voter Challenge as a competition among Brown County municipalities to encourage local voting.
The contest is divided into two divisions — the “Green” for municipalities with less than 10,000 residents and the “Gold” for municipalities with more than 10,000 residents.
The trophies are presented for the highest percentage of registered voters who turn out to the polls for general elections.
“Rockland’s turnout of 47.7% of registered voters was the best among the municipalities in the Green Division, which includes the county’s municipalities with populations below 10,000. The voter turnout in Allouez was 38.3 percent, the highest percentage among the larger municipalities that make up the Gold Division. It’s the fourth Voter Challenge victory for Rockland and the seventh for Allouez,” a Project Vote release stated.
“Our congratulations go out to Rockland and Allouez for their wins in the 2024 Spring Election Voter Challenge,” said Glen Tilot, Project VOTE chair. “It is always so vitally important for people to take the time and effort to learn about the candidates and participate in the election process. We look forward to seeing what the turnout will be in November when we head to the polls for the presidential election.”