MILWAUKEE – There were two big Election Day stories Tuesday on Milwaukee’s near north side: some voting irregularities, and the sheer number of absentee ballots being counted Tuesday. Near the 4200 block of N. Holton, a sort of headquarters was set up, where roughly 40,000 absentee ballots were being collected and processed. Click on the link under related content to see an interview with Mary Reavy, chief election inspector at the N. Holton location. TODAY’S TMJ4’s Scott Steele was on the scene at that location early Tuesday morning, where the first reports of voter irregularities were confirmed. Election Day was also like moving day, as box after box of absentee ballots arrived at the northern Milwaukee location for centralized counting. In a TODAY’S TMJ4 exclusive, it wasn’t long Tuesday before Scott Steele witnessed the first votes under investigation. “Do you solemnly swear that you will fully and truly answer all the questions?” Milwaukee police detective Michael Sandvick was sworn in and questioned about each of the absentee ballots to be flagged. “What’s the basis for your challenge?” “Non residency in the state of Wisconsin,” Sandvick said. While any citizen can challenge a vote that’s been cast, Tuesday’s challenge was brought forth after an investigation by the Election Fraud Task Force. “With the short window that we have to investigate these things, when the ballots are cast during the early voting period, it does take quite some time to do just a single investigation on somebody and we will hopefully be able to continue looking at these after the election,” Sandvick said. “The election may be over, but the investigation is not. If we find voter fraud, we will attempt to identify it and prosecute anyone committing voter fraud,” Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraft said. Landgraft indicates anyone convicted can face serious consequences. “All violations of Chapter 12, which are felony violations, are Class I felonies. They are punishable by up to three years imprisonment,” Landgraft said. Of the ballots we know have been questioned, three were thrown out after the people came forward and admitted they may not have been eligible to vote. The remaining four ballots will be counted, but they have been flagged and will continue to be investigated. Those ballots could be removed after the election.