Walker says conditions on fall election worked well

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker says he thought conditions in place for the November election worked “pretty well,” even though a law he signed restricting early voting times and places was overturned by a judge prior to the election.

That ruling allowed municipalities across the state to expand early voting locations and hours. More people cast their ballots early this election than in any previous election.

Walker told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that he would anticipate in next year’s spring election and the 2018 general election that “we’d operate similar to the way we did this November with a reasonable voter identification law and reasonable time conditions.”

This was the first presidential election where voters were required to present photo identification under a law Walker championed.