Clerk says Milwaukee recount will likely run through Friday
Wednesday, Nov 25, 2020
Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said it’s highly unlikely the recount will finish by the end of the day.
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
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
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 be changed, and it will only serve to undermine our
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 that it “seeks to disenfranchise every Wisconsinite who voted in
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 campaign attorney Christ Troupis argued the Dane County Board of
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 48-hours notice before publicly testing the electronic voting equipment set
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 local officials to provide guidance as they conduct the recount.
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 “substantial number” of those who claimed to be indefinitely confined
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 campaign a deadline of 5 p.m. tomorrow to file for
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 equipment in at least 5 percent of reporting units across
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 by all 72 Wisconsin counties as well as the commission
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 that are customarily made available to the president-elect made available,
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 anticipated some counties would take until the Tuesday deadline to
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 up 120 votes through the county-level certification process while Trump
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 federal lawsuit filed yesterday, three Wisconsin residents backed by the