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Photojournalist Lizzy Larson captured these scenes as Madison residents headed to the polls this morning.

A person in a gray shirt and baseball cap leans over a voting booth marked with an American flag and "VOTE" while another person in a blue striped shirt looks up from beside the booth.
With his child, Gus, looking on, Craig Eley marks his ballot at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens polling place on Nov. 3, 2026. “We talk about the issues and the candidates at home and having that understanding that voting is easy, voting is fun. But it’s also something that you want to be informed about so that you can make good choices,” Craig says. (Lizzy Larson for Wisconsin Watch)
Rows of red, white and blue stickers reading "I Voted Today!" lie on a brown tabletop, with white stars decorating the circular sticker designs.
“I Voted” stickers on a table at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens polling place in Madison, Wis,. on Nov. 3 during 2026 midterms. (Lizzy Larson for Wisconsin Watch)
A person wearing glasses and a dark T-shirt inserts a paper ballot into a voting machine while holding a wallet and keys inside a room with other people.
Erica Nelson submits her ballot at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens polling place in Madison, Wis,. on Nov. 3 during 2026 midterms. (Lizzy Larson for Wisconsin Watch)
Several people stand in line on a walkway outside of the entrance of a stone building with arched windows. A blue sign reading "Vote" and "Votar" with a right-pointing arrow is on grass next to the walkway.
Voters wait for the polls to open outside of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue polling place in Madison, Wis., on Nov. 3 during 2026 midterms. (Lizzy Larson for Wisconsin Watch)
Several people lean over at voting booths with white privacy screens displaying American flags and the word "VOTE" inside a room with exposed wooden ceiling beams.
Voters mark their ballots at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens polling place during the Nov. 3, 2026, midterm election. (Lizzy Larson for Wisconsin Watch)

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Jim Malewitz oversees Wisconsin Watch's statewide newsroom from Madison. He joined the organization in 2019, initially as investigations editor. He has worked almost exclusively in nonprofit, public affairs journalism. He previously reported for Bridge Magazine, the Texas Tribune and Stateline. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and POLITICO Magazine. Jim holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Grinnell College and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Iowa. He was the former board president of the nonprofit Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, which is now a division of Investigate Midwest.