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
Delaying the transition to President-elect Joe Biden hurts the nation, and the Trump administration needs to begin the process now, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said. “I want them to start and I want to also see the resources and tools
On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ “stay-at-home” advisory as COVID-19 cases and deaths surge, updates regarding the presidential election in Wisconsin, legislative leadership elections, and the Department of Public Instruction’s request for an additional $1.6 billion in 2021-23 budget.
A potential recount of last week’s presidential election would likely wrap up in the first week of December, according to a timeline laid out today by the state’s top election official. Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe told reporters today she
Both Joe Biden and President Trump picked up four votes as canvasses from four more counties trickled in Thursday. The state Elections Commission website as of 7:15 a.m. showed updates from Forrest, Jefferson, Juneau and Walworth counties. Biden has picked
Wisconsin is one of four states where a conservative group is trying to invalidate votes in heavily Dems counties as part of an effort to take electoral votes away from Joe Biden and swing them to President Trump. In a
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, jump into the debate about what went wrong in election 2020 polling.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos acknowledged an investigation into last week’s election would be unlikely to find enough cases of fraud to overturn the election or reveal “there was some kind of nefarious nature to voting.” But he defended directing the
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has issued a seven-point memo rebutting conspiracy theories and misinformation that have circulated on social media platforms in the wake of last week’s election. “At this time, no evidence has been provided that supports allegations of
President Trump Monday night appeared to falsely claim he won Wisconsin even though unofficial returns show he lost the state by 20,540 votes. Trump slammed polls that were inaccurate, charging they were “tampering” and should be “called out for Election
President Trump, pushing a recount, tweeted Monday afternoon that Wisconsin “is looking very good.” The president sent three other tweets this afternoon promising a “big presidential win” in Georgia, slamming Pennsylvania for preventing “us from watching much of the Ballot
Republican state Rep. Joe Sanfelippo says he wants an “in-depth investigation” conducted by a third-party auditing firm to examine last week’s election in Wisconsin. And if that investigation turns up evidence showing the result of the election was illegally altered,
The chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin credited President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state to intense work by Democrats across Wisconsin. “Democrats came out of the woodwork and worked so intensely in every corner of the state,” Ben
Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, today directed an Assembly committee to use its subpoena powers to investigate how Tuesday’s election was administered, raising concerns about “mail-in ballot dumps and voter fraud.” Vos’ statement included no specifics on either allegation, and a
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider why the blue wave or a veto-proof Legislature did not happen.
On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss election results, the Trump campaign’s call for a recount, the state’s skyrocketing COVID-19 cases and more.
In the closing days of the race, polls showed Biden headed for a comfortable victory with most having him above 50 percent. Surveys were less frequent in 2016, when Hillary Clinton also was seen to be on track for beating Trump. Biden won. Clinton lost. But Biden’s advantage of 0.6 percent is a far cry from the margin suggested by the many polls.
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
Delaying the transition to President-elect Joe Biden hurts the nation, and the Trump administration needs to begin the process now, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said. “I want them to start and I want to also see the resources and tools
On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ “stay-at-home” advisory as COVID-19 cases and deaths surge, updates regarding the presidential election in Wisconsin, legislative leadership elections, and the Department of Public Instruction’s request for an additional $1.6 billion in 2021-23 budget.
A potential recount of last week’s presidential election would likely wrap up in the first week of December, according to a timeline laid out today by the state’s top election official. Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe told reporters today she
Both Joe Biden and President Trump picked up four votes as canvasses from four more counties trickled in Thursday. The state Elections Commission website as of 7:15 a.m. showed updates from Forrest, Jefferson, Juneau and Walworth counties. Biden has picked
Wisconsin is one of four states where a conservative group is trying to invalidate votes in heavily Dems counties as part of an effort to take electoral votes away from Joe Biden and swing them to President Trump. In a
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, jump into the debate about what went wrong in election 2020 polling.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos acknowledged an investigation into last week’s election would be unlikely to find enough cases of fraud to overturn the election or reveal “there was some kind of nefarious nature to voting.” But he defended directing the
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has issued a seven-point memo rebutting conspiracy theories and misinformation that have circulated on social media platforms in the wake of last week’s election. “At this time, no evidence has been provided that supports allegations of
President Trump Monday night appeared to falsely claim he won Wisconsin even though unofficial returns show he lost the state by 20,540 votes. Trump slammed polls that were inaccurate, charging they were “tampering” and should be “called out for Election
President Trump, pushing a recount, tweeted Monday afternoon that Wisconsin “is looking very good.” The president sent three other tweets this afternoon promising a “big presidential win” in Georgia, slamming Pennsylvania for preventing “us from watching much of the Ballot
Republican state Rep. Joe Sanfelippo says he wants an “in-depth investigation” conducted by a third-party auditing firm to examine last week’s election in Wisconsin. And if that investigation turns up evidence showing the result of the election was illegally altered,
The chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin credited President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state to intense work by Democrats across Wisconsin. “Democrats came out of the woodwork and worked so intensely in every corner of the state,” Ben
Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, today directed an Assembly committee to use its subpoena powers to investigate how Tuesday’s election was administered, raising concerns about “mail-in ballot dumps and voter fraud.” Vos’ statement included no specifics on either allegation, and a
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider why the blue wave or a veto-proof Legislature did not happen.
On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss election results, the Trump campaign’s call for a recount, the state’s skyrocketing COVID-19 cases and more.
In the closing days of the race, polls showed Biden headed for a comfortable victory with most having him above 50 percent. Surveys were less frequent in 2016, when Hillary Clinton also was seen to be on track for beating Trump. Biden won. Clinton lost. But Biden’s advantage of 0.6 percent is a far cry from the margin suggested by the many polls.