11:28 p.m. Check here to see how Brookfield voted in all contested races on the city's ballot: President, US Senate, US House, State Assembly and Waukesha County Clerk.

10:23 p.m. FINAL Brookfield city votes for President: 17,426 votes for Romney (68 percent) and 8,041 votes (32 percent) for Obama.

9:59 p.m. With 19 of 24 Brookfield wards reporting, Romney has 13,941 votes and Obama 6,259. #patchelections Total citywide turnout was 89 percent. - Lisa

9:48 p.m. Waiting for final results but citywide turnout in Brookfield was 89.2 percent or 25,816 ballots cast. That is about the same as four years ago when 25,196 ballots were cast for an 89 percent voter turnout. - Lisa

9:27 p.m. With four of seven districts reported, Romney has 70 percent or 10,039 votes, compared to Obama's 30 percent or 4,346 votes. Still waiting on districts 1, 2 and 7. - Lisa

9:18 p.m. In District 4 (Brookfield Elementary polling site), Romney got 70 percent of the vote or 2,488 votes, to Obama's 30 percent or 1,028. Just one of the city's seven districts. - Lisa

LIVE 2012 ELECTION RESULTS

Presidential and U.S. Senate results represent votes only in Brookfield. Congressional and state legislative results are for entire district. Results from Brookfield City Clerk's office and Fox6now.com.

9 p.m. The polls at Dixon Elementary School in Brookfield saw a small surge in voters just before 7 p.m. and then the voters slowly trickled in over the last hour of the polls being open. The busy day was finally coming to an end.

Paul Dusterhoft, the election inspector at Dixon, said that there were 4,058 people registered to vote in the district at the beginning of the day. When the polls closed at exactly 8:00 pm, there had been 3,640 votes cast with 5 people still in the process of voting.

One of the biggest problems that a lot of area polls have been having was dealing with over voting, or marking two candidates for the same office. I saw multiple people have this problem in the hour I spent at Dixon, however, it was usually just a mistake of not moving far enough down on the ballot.

Dusterhoft said that this problem is easily fixed at the poll because the machine rejects it and they are able to fill out a new ballot. They are allowed three tries to get it right, and if they do not after that, they are no longer counted in the vote.

An absentee vote is much more difficult. According to Dusterhoft, if an absentee has an over vote, they can try and see if it was by mistake and one of the names is scribbled out, but if it is not easily discernable, the ballot is not counted.

Multiple voters expressed that they were very happy with the turnout for their district and also extremely pleased with how smooth their voting process went.

Voter Tom Hayden expressed pleasure in the election finally coming to an end, saying the he is a “positive guy” and that there was too much negativity surrounding the election. Heydan said that the economy was the most important aspect in this election for him. He said he was not swayed by any advertisements or debates and voted straight ticket, but declined to comment on whom he voted for.

A man took a picture of his ballot before putting in the machine. This is illegal in Wisconsin and has been a problem in this election. Many voters have been taking pictures and posting it to Facebook and Twitter, unaware that it is illegal.

- Josh Weber

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8:37 p.m.

At Swanson Elementary around 7:15 p.m., there was no line and very few people were actively voting. Ruby Hafeman, the Chief election inspector, predicted "beyond 90 percent turnout."

Bill Kennedy, working as the co-election inspector with Hafeman said, "sometimes the ballot would go in and the green light wouldn't light up...had to open the door and then it would go." He also said about every hour they were emptying the machines.

Hafeman said the turnout was "fantastic and way past previous elections."
She said the first five hours "over 300 voters per hour but at 1 p.m. and on it got less busy but always steady." She also said there were a lot of new registrants and some "volunteered to show their IDs" but added, "there was never more than three to four people in line."

Hafeman said the busiest time was 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and it was "heavy until 10:45 a.m." There "was a line to the door, the OUTSIDE door!" she said.
Kennedy said, "In Brookfield, 9,032 were absentee voters" and "over 1,000 here." Kennedy added "the absentee ballots were crooked and had creases" so that "created some problems." They had to clean out the absentee votes more often.

One lady was confused about which ward she was in. Bill Kennedy, the co-election inspector, showed her on the map and asked where she lived, and she was able to vote.

The very last voter came in at 7:58 p.m. and ran to the door. She was allowed to vote.

Kennedy said it was "a much longer ballot" than in the past and that people had to vote more carefully.

He said much more people showed up for this one than the recall election he last volunteered for.

At 5:40 p.m., lines were almost non existent at Burleigh Elementary. - Robert Weich
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7:04 p.m. In Brookfield, Judy Taylor, chief election inspector, told Patch, "the machine goes down when absentee ballots are put in." She also said that the polling place was busier than past elections, and she is not sure of voter turnout. "At 7 p.m., people might start coming," she said. “We’ve been busy.” Erin Binns came to vote earlier at 8:30 a.m. but when she was told the line would be an hour long, she left. She returned to vote later in the day.
 
Jerry Roubik voted for Romney. "Gotta stop spending in this economy," he said. - Robert Weich

7:04 p.m. Mark Thompson, a first-time volunteer, and greeter, had only been there since 5 p.m. He said there was a “steady stream” of people coming in registering. “I have never helped out before,” he said.

Voter Mike Uhing chose Obama, saying the president is "most moderate."

However, voter Mark Haessly, voted “Republican.” He said he thought there would be bigger turnout.

Voter Kira Meyers chose Romney. She said his campaign “got me more excited about him. Jeremy Gerschke chose Romney because he owns a business. He said he feels the “country has been on a decline” with President Obama, citing “deficits, Obama Care... Romney understands us better (small business owners). He understands creating jobs.” He switched his vote from 2008, when he had voted for Obama.

- Robert Weich
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At about 5:50 p.m. at Burleigh Elementary School, the only ballot reading machine broke. Voters confused about where to put their ballot. Judy Taylor came by and opened up the side of the machine and people manually dropped their ballots in (they weren't being read automatically).

One person over voted.

People were confused about absentee ballots.  They brought them in but didn’t know what to do with them.

- Robert Weich
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6:05 p.m.: A minor glitch is being reported at Burleigh Elementary School in Brookfield.

There's only one voting machine at the polling place at the school and it has malfunctioned, so ballots cannot be automatically fed into the machine. Election workers are having to feed the ballots by hand, which is slowing down things a bit, but not causing any major problems.

- Robert Weich
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5:45 p.m. I'm out for a bit. Stay tuned to updates from other contributors to Brookfield Patch, thanks. — Lisa Sink
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5:32 p.m. After 45-minute waits earlier in the day, there were almost no lines mid-afternoon at Immanuel Baptist Church in Brookfield.

Chief Election Inspector Elaine Disch said when she arrived about 5:50 a.m. there already had been one person waiting to vote. (Polls didn't open until 7 a.m.)

"(It's been) super busy but running smoothly," Disch said. "It's going well.

Having worked previous presidential elections — which have drawn near 90 percent turnout in Brookfield in the past three such races, Disch said it seemed turnout Tuesday morning was "busier for a longer period of time than I remembered last time (in 2008)."
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5 p.m. Patch's live-blog is up and running. Follow it here to keep up with live updates from around Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
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4:48 p.m. Social issues took precedence over fiscal ones — but with different voting outcomes — among voters interviewed at Immanuel Baptist Church on Brookfield's northeast side.

Heather Adams said while she wasn't happy with the way the economy has continued to falter under President Obama, she remains even more concerned about women's rights and health care decisions.

"I'm worried about the chance for women to make decisions for themselves," Adams said. "I'm worried that we're going to go back 50 years in progress that we've made. So even though fiscally I am probably more conservative, those for me were more of the major issues."

Meanwhile, a mother and daughter said they each voted for Romney, primarily for his stances on social matters of faith and character.

"I like his stand on issues such as abortion and getting rid of Planned Parenthood," said Pam Pinkowski as her daughter Amanda Wozniak nodded her agreement.

"Not that jobs aren't important," Pinkowski said, adding she believed Obama had been long on promises and short on solutions.
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4:13 p.m. (Back after visiting polls, voting myself and picking up kids from school....) Here is the latest voting turnout report across the city. As of about 3 p.m., 20,650 ballots had been cast (absentee/early and at polls today). See details in ward-by-ward breakdown chart below.

In the 2008 presidential election there were about 25,000 ballots cast. With five of the 13 election-day hours to go, Brookfield has 20,650.

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1:50 p.m. With about 16,400 ballots cast in Brookfield through about 11 a.m. (absentee and at polls on election day), here are the total Brookfield ballots cast in the 2008, 2004 and 2000 presidential elections.

In 2008, about 25,000 ballots were cast for president or about 90 percent turnout.

If the morning pace continues, Brookfield will exceed that 25,000 by the time polls close at 8 p.m. [About 7,400 ballots were cast in the first 4-5 hours today, plus about 9,000 early ballots. There are 8-9 hours to go from 11-12 to 8 p.m.]

12:49 p.m. Report from Brookfield this morning by FOX6's Laura Langemo. View here
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12:17 p.m. The 16,417 ballots cast as of about 11 a.m. in Brookfield (SEE ward-by-ward breakdown below) DOES include the approximately 9,000 absentee ballots cast, City Clerk Kelly Michaels told Patch.

So in reality, about 7,400 voters cast ballots in person this morning. Just a caution to those crunching turnout numbers.....

Other than the temporarily broken machine, there have been no problems at the polls, other than some long lines. Just before noon, however, there was no line at the Brookfield Public Safety Building, she said.

That lull before lunch also was seen in Elm Grove where one voter said on Brookfield Patch's Facebook page that she waited "3 minutes at Elm Grove at 11:15."
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12:14 p.m. Voting machine was jammed by a stuck ballot at Burleigh Elementary about 11:20 a.m. It was fixed and was running again before noon, city clerk's office says.
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11:56 a.m. About 16,400 ballots had been cast about 11 a.m. across the city. See updated chart below, now including all 7 polling sites.

(Six reported their ballots as of about 11; one reported it it about 11:45 a.m.)

11:49 a.m. Ballot volume as of about 11 a.m. now updated in chart below with District 5's ward-by-ward breakdown.

11:30 a.m. A SNAPSHOT: Total ballots cast in Brookfield as of about 11 a.m., according to data from the City Clerk's Office. Distict 2's counts are not yet included and District 5 was not broken down by ward.

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11:15 a.m. This from Toni in Town of Brookfield: "10am, in and out. A few more cars at 11am. They have lines ropes set up which normally they don't. Expecting a crowd I'm sure."
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10:49 a.m. One woman at the Brookfield Public Safety Building didn't mince words. A voter for the Romney/Ryan ticket, she said of Obama: "I think he's devious and deceitful."

She added with contempt: "I'm totally opposed to liberalism. It's destroying our country."

So is her vote anti-Obama or pro-Romney? A little of both. She said she voted for Romney because "I want to see things done."

So far haven't found Obama supporters in the GOP stronghold of Brookfield. But history shows they are here: about one-quarter of city has voted Democratic in past. More on that here later.
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10:20 a.m. Update from Brookfield Patch's Facebook page: Here are the wait times and voting volumes residents are reporting around the city:

• Tracy McCreery Lagona:  Number 69.....elm grove......I got in line at 7:05......longer than normal lines for this time of day than I have seen in the past.
• Brookfield Patch:  Thanks, Tracy
• Brookfield Patch:  RT @JenniferKolt: Waited for 30 minutes to vote, was #298 in Brookfield.
• Sarah Edens Hoffman:  #240 around 7:50, waited about 30 min.
• Aimee Nolasco Weiner:  #299 at 8:05am at Brookfield Elem. Only 2 people waiting in line in my ward, 13, but ward 12 had a really long line.
• Kim Raymond Sinclair: 359 at 7:30 at Swanson
• Lynn Wiemero:  307 at Dixon at 8:15 lots of smiling faces.....
• Dale Glasford:  #70 at Dixon at about 7:15. Longer line when I left than when I got there at 6:55.
• Samantha Brojanac:  Brookfield elementary has 2 police squads and people from the district this morning during bus drop off and it is still a hot mess
• Devonne O'Gorman:  #382, District 7, 8:20 - no waiting at all for my ward, but long line for one of the wards

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10:15 a.m. There was an hourlong wait to vote this morning at  Immanuel Baptist Church, next to the Elmbrook School District offices on the city's northeast side.

Chris Hoffmann said he was #709 at 9:45 a.m.; got in line about 8:45 a.m. "We usually go thte same time and normally it's in and out," Hoffmann said. "The longest we've ever waited before was about five minutes."
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10 a.m. Brookfield resident Lexie Wirth echoed other voters when she said she was disappointed with Obama's lack of progress on his promises four years ago.

Wirth said she didn't vote for Obama in 2008 but she still hoped he would have done more since his election to improve the quality of life in the country. She voted for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Tuesday.

"We just need a change," said Wirth, no relation to the city's longtime mayor Franklin Wirth. "I don't think Obama has done a great job in the last four years."

She also voted Republican for U.S. Senate, saying despite some concerns even from conservatives about former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, he deserved a chance. Washington politics changes everythone to an extent, she said, but she believed she could still count on Thompson to do Wisconsin right.

"I really like Tommy Thompson," she said. "I think he did a great job as governor.
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9:25 a.m. At the Brookfield Public Safety Building, where lines were more than 100 deep after polls opened, 656 ballots were cast as of 9:25 a.m.
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7:25 a.m.  About one third of Brookfield's registered voters can sit back and watch today from work and home. They voted early: Brookfield Early Voting Exceeds 2008 Presidential Election
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6:50 a.m. Tuesday:  Polls open in 10 minutes.

Voters in the Brookfield, Elm Grove area: share with your neighbors your experience at the polls today.
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What number voter were you, at what time and polling site?

Is it not as crazy because of approximately a third of registered voters cast early ballots? Comment below or on Brookfield Patch's Facebook page or tweet me @BrookfldWIPatch. 

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What to Know Before Heading to Polls

After unprecedented ads, money and organizing, it all comes down Tuesday to Wisconsin residents.

Who vote, that is.

Wisconsin residents are among those one of a handful of key swing states that pundits say will determine who sits in the Oval Office for the next four years. The U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin to replace Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl also may help determine who controls the Senate. And there are state legislative races to decide as well.

• Undecided on your vote? Read Patch's elections coverage

The GAB is urging voters to not wear campaign paraphernalia such as campaign/candidate buttons, shirts and hats inside the polling place. Those who wear campaign paraphernalia may be asked to cover it up or leave.

Keep checking back here for live updates from Brookfield polls and more. You can also follow the election throughout the day and participate in back-and-forth commentary with Patch staff as results emerge in our live blog.

Other information about voting:

WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT

Sample Ballot: To see what will be on your ballot, go to the state's My Vote Wisconsin website and enter your address.

COUNTY:

• Waukesha County clerk, district attorney, register of deeds and treasurer

STATE:

• 13th State Assembly District
• 14th State Assembly District

FEDERAL:

• 5th Congressional District
• U.S. Senate
• President

WHEN

Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

If you received an absentee ballot by mail, it must be postmarked by Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 6 and received by the municipal clerk by Friday, Nov. 9. Visit the city's elections website or the state of Wisconsin's elections website for more information on early voting.

WHO

Are you eligible to vote? You must be a US citizen 18 years or older, not on probation or parole. Details here. You can check this state web site to see if you are registered and eligible to vote.

If you are registering at the polling place, make sure you have proof of residence and your Wisconsin driver’s license number. If you do not have a Wisconsin driver’s license, you can use the number from your Wisconsin ID card, or the last four digits of your Social Security number. Proof of residence can be established with a current lease, recent utility bill or other official document issued by a unit of government with the voter’s name and current address on it. A college photo ID is also acceptable if the institution has provided the polling place with a list of students who live in its housing and if the housing list includes citizenship information.

HOW

Do you have to show photo ID to vote? No. The law is on hold as court decisions stopping voter photo ID are being appealed. Residents may still be asked for a current photo ID showing proof of residence, but it is not required. You will be required to sign in to the voter roll book.

WHERE

Your specific polling location can be found on the My Vote Wisconsin site by entering your address.

City of Brookfield:

Town of Brookfield:

Check with the Town Clerk's Office (262-796-3788) for what Ward you are in.