By The Associated Press

Six percent of Wisconsin’s eligible voters bothered to cast a ballot
in Tuesday’s primary, and one state lawmaker says it’s time to move
the spring elections involving nonpartisan races to the fall.

Democratic Assemblyman Gary Sherman of Port Wing is proposing a
constitutional amendment to make the switch. Holding elections with
such low turnouts is expensive and undemocratic, he said.

But the president of the Wisconsin County Clerks Association, which
represents the county officials who administer the elections, urged
some caution Wednesday.

“I think they need to look at it very carefully before they make
changes to make certain it is something that works and protects
democracy in our state,” said Kimberly Bushey, the Walworth County
clerk.

Only one statewide race was decided Tuesday – a five-candidate primary
for state superintendent of public instruction. The top two
vote-getters – Tony Evers, the deputy state superintendent, and
virtual-schools advocate Rose Fernandez – advanced to the April
general election.

According to unofficial results, Evers got 35 percent of the vote and
Fernandez got 31 percent.

Unofficially, 253,996 people voted in the primary out of 4.3 million
eligible voters.

“It is extremely disappointing