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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
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.
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
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 Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee to use its subpoena power
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 systemic or widespread election issues,” WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe said
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 Interference.” “ABC/WaPo had me down 17 points in Wisconsin, the
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 count” and hitting Nevada as “a cesspool of Fake Votes.”
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 New Berlin Republican told WisPolitics.com he’s been discussing with
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 Wikler said in an interview aired Sunday on “UpFront,” produced
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 spokeswoman said more information about the Campaigns and Elections Committee’s
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.