Milwaukee to start over with counting 31,000 absentee ballots after failure to lock tabulators

Milwaukee election officials are starting over with counting some 31,000 absentee ballots initially fed through tabulators that hadn’t properly been locked, likely adding significant time to the final tally.
City spokesperson Jeff Fleming said the 13 tabulators at the central county facility for absentee ballots were zeroed out this morning and sealed. But election workers failed to lock the panel...