One and a-half million voters are expected to flock to polling places in Wisconsin today.

That would be about 35 percent of eligible voters and the strongest turnout in 20 years.

At one polling place in Washington County's Germantown, nearly four dozen people had voted in the first 20 minutes it was open.

In downtown Appleton, Kathy Flores was first in line to vote at St. Mary parish.

Flores says she was more excited to vote in this election than any other in her life. The 41-year-old nonprofit worker says she voted for Barack Obama because she believes he will end the war in Iraq, improve the economy and protect the environment.

Appleton dentist Doug Krueger says he typically votes Republican, but cast his vote for Obama because the Illinois senator creates an energy the country needs and appears to be an effective leader.