Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs is scheduled this afternoon to sign off on the results of Wisconsin’s Nov. 3 election after recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties showed Joe Biden adding to his winning margin. The determination of the results
The recounts of Dane and Milwaukee counties made no significant impact on the results of Wisconsin’s presidential election, adding slightly to Joe Biden’s margin of victory. Still, the process also hinted at the legal strategy behind a possible legal challenge
Editor’s note: This advisory has been corrected to reflect Joe Biden adding 257 votes and Donald Trump adding 125 votes. Milwaukee County today tentatively wrapped up its recount effort, though the city of Milwaukee’s top election official says 65 ballots
Milwaukee County officials expect to wrap up the presidential recount Friday after about 60 ballots from the city of Milwaukee were found at the County Election Commission warehouse in a voting machine. Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said those ballots
Numbers from the Wisconsin Elections Commission show both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have lost votes through the recount process, though that margin slightly favors Trump. This morning’s updated shows as of yesterday, Biden had lost 73 votes while Trump
Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said it’s highly unlikely the recount will finish by the end of the day.
Nearly 400 unopened ballots from the city of Milwaukee’s Ward 315 on the south side were found during the recount effort this morning.
As the recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin rounds out its fifth day, former House Speaker Paul Ryan says “legal challenges to the outcome and the attacks on our voting system really need to stop.” “The outcome will not
A conservative group is asking the state Supreme Court to block certification of election results and allow the Republican-controlled Legislature to appoint the state’ presidential electors. The suit was immediately condemned by Democratic AG Josh Kaul, who said on Twitter
Milwaukee County election officials expect the recount effort to finish a few days before the deadline of Dec. 1, despite delays officials blamed on the Trump campaign.
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss proposals from Gov. Tony Evers and Assembly Republicans to address COVID-19, lawsuits before the state Supreme Court on COVID-19 orders, and the presidential recount in Milwaukee and Dane Counties.
Dane County election officials today rejected President Trump’s attempt to throw out every absentee ballot cast Nov. 3 as a recount got underway, providing an early look at the legal challenge that could follow once the process is over. Trump
Sawyer County, a Wisconsin bellwether since 1964, got the presidential election wrong this year.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, break down the urban-rural split in the 2020 election and its impact on Wisconsin’s future political landscape.
Presidential election recounts will begin gearing up today in the state’s two largest Dem strongholds. But Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell says his jurisdiction won’t actually start tallying votes until tomorrow. McDonell told reporters that’s because he’s required to give
The Elections Commission in a unanimous vote late last night formally approved moving forward with President Trump’s requested recount of the results in heavily Dem Dane and Milwaukee counties. The commission also made modest changes to the manual it provides
President Trump’s campaign filed petition today for recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties, alleging issues with absentee ballots issued in the heavily Dem counties. In a statement this morning, Trump’s campaign alleged municipal clerks illegally altered incomplete absentee ballots, a
The countdown is now on for President Trump’s campaign to request a recount in Wisconsin after the final two outstanding counties today submitted canvasses to the state. Today’s submission of certified results from Brown and Kenosha counties gives the president’s
One measure aimed at verifying the accuracy of election results is on hold pending a request for a recount, a commission spokesman told WisPolitics.com today. Under state law, local election officials are required to complete a post-election audit of voting
The Trump campaign will have to pay nearly $8 million by 5 p.m. tomorrow if it wants a statewide recount of this month’s presidential election. The state Elections Commission yesterday afternoon released estimates pegging the cost of a recount calculated
Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs is scheduled this afternoon to sign off on the results of Wisconsin’s Nov. 3 election after recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties showed Joe Biden adding to his winning margin. The determination of the results
The recounts of Dane and Milwaukee counties made no significant impact on the results of Wisconsin’s presidential election, adding slightly to Joe Biden’s margin of victory. Still, the process also hinted at the legal strategy behind a possible legal challenge
Editor’s note: This advisory has been corrected to reflect Joe Biden adding 257 votes and Donald Trump adding 125 votes. Milwaukee County today tentatively wrapped up its recount effort, though the city of Milwaukee’s top election official says 65 ballots
Milwaukee County officials expect to wrap up the presidential recount Friday after about 60 ballots from the city of Milwaukee were found at the County Election Commission warehouse in a voting machine. Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said those ballots
Numbers from the Wisconsin Elections Commission show both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have lost votes through the recount process, though that margin slightly favors Trump. This morning’s updated shows as of yesterday, Biden had lost 73 votes while Trump
Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said it’s highly unlikely the recount will finish by the end of the day.
Nearly 400 unopened ballots from the city of Milwaukee’s Ward 315 on the south side were found during the recount effort this morning.
As the recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin rounds out its fifth day, former House Speaker Paul Ryan says “legal challenges to the outcome and the attacks on our voting system really need to stop.” “The outcome will not
A conservative group is asking the state Supreme Court to block certification of election results and allow the Republican-controlled Legislature to appoint the state’ presidential electors. The suit was immediately condemned by Democratic AG Josh Kaul, who said on Twitter
Milwaukee County election officials expect the recount effort to finish a few days before the deadline of Dec. 1, despite delays officials blamed on the Trump campaign.
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss proposals from Gov. Tony Evers and Assembly Republicans to address COVID-19, lawsuits before the state Supreme Court on COVID-19 orders, and the presidential recount in Milwaukee and Dane Counties.
Dane County election officials today rejected President Trump’s attempt to throw out every absentee ballot cast Nov. 3 as a recount got underway, providing an early look at the legal challenge that could follow once the process is over. Trump
Sawyer County, a Wisconsin bellwether since 1964, got the presidential election wrong this year.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, break down the urban-rural split in the 2020 election and its impact on Wisconsin’s future political landscape.
Presidential election recounts will begin gearing up today in the state’s two largest Dem strongholds. But Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell says his jurisdiction won’t actually start tallying votes until tomorrow. McDonell told reporters that’s because he’s required to give
The Elections Commission in a unanimous vote late last night formally approved moving forward with President Trump’s requested recount of the results in heavily Dem Dane and Milwaukee counties. The commission also made modest changes to the manual it provides
President Trump’s campaign filed petition today for recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties, alleging issues with absentee ballots issued in the heavily Dem counties. In a statement this morning, Trump’s campaign alleged municipal clerks illegally altered incomplete absentee ballots, a
The countdown is now on for President Trump’s campaign to request a recount in Wisconsin after the final two outstanding counties today submitted canvasses to the state. Today’s submission of certified results from Brown and Kenosha counties gives the president’s
One measure aimed at verifying the accuracy of election results is on hold pending a request for a recount, a commission spokesman told WisPolitics.com today. Under state law, local election officials are required to complete a post-election audit of voting
The Trump campaign will have to pay nearly $8 million by 5 p.m. tomorrow if it wants a statewide recount of this month’s presidential election. The state Elections Commission yesterday afternoon released estimates pegging the cost of a recount calculated