Reading Time: 3 minutesElection Day involves more than quickly marking a ballot and anxiously awaiting election returns.Filing dispatches from across Wisconsin during Tuesday’s general election, our reporters examined how residents participated in the democratic process.

WISCONSIN– Staff from The Daily Iowan traveled around Wisconsin on Tuesday to talk to voters and gauge priorities in the swing state. Staff attended three different polling locations in Elkhorn, Waukesha,

With a large number of absentee ballots issued and returned, the WEC recognizes it will take longer to record those results.

Both Republican former President Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris are competing hard for the 10 electoral votes at stake in Wisconsin.

Neighborhood polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5. Voters will be heading to the polls Tuesday after millions of Floridians already have cast ballots.

On Tuesday, the polls open at 7 a.m. for day-of voting, where Americans get to cast their ballot and make their voices heard in this presidential election.