Trump pursues recount of 2 liberal Wisconsin counties
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump pursues recount of 2 liberal Wisconsin counties

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump filed Wednesday for a recount of Wisconsin’s two largest Democratic counties, paying the required $3 million cost and alleging that they were the sites of the “worst irregularities” although no evidence of illegal activity has been presented. “The official canvass results reaffirmed Joe Biden’s clear and resounding win in Wisconsin after Wisconsin voters turned out to cast their ballots in record numbers,” said Biden campaign spokesman Nate Evans. “The people of Wisconsin deserve to know whether their election processes worked in a legal and transparent way,” said Wisconsin attorney Jim Troupis, who is working with the Trump campaign. We will not know the true results of the election until only the legal ballots cast are counted.” Dean Knudson, a Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, said Trump raised “significant legal questions that have never been adjudicated in Wisconsin.” But a fellow commission member, Democrat Mark Thomsen, said Trump was trying to change the rules of the election after he lost, but only in two counties.

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Wisconsin election chair certifies Trump’s victory in back-to-the-routine teleconference
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Wisconsin election chair certifies Trump’s victory in back-to-the-routine teleconference

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s election commission leader quietly certified Donald Trump ’s victory on Friday, moving past the chaos that surrounded the 2020 election results in the battleground state. Commission Chair Ann Jacobs certified results that show Trump won the state with 1,697,626 votes compared to Democrat Kamala Harris’ 1,668,229 votes during a morning Zoom teleconference that lasted six minutes. …

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor says Trump should be on ballot, Biden must visit to beat him
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor says Trump should be on ballot, Biden must visit to beat him

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor opposes keeping Republican Donald Trump off the ballot in the battleground state, saying that those who think he should be disqualified “can vote against him.” Gov. Removing Trump wouldn’t “solve anything because, at the end of the day, I think the U.S. Supreme Court …

Wisconsin judge orders the release of records sought from fake Trump elector
1 year, 4 months ago

Wisconsin judge orders the release of records sought from fake Trump elector

Associated Press  

A Wisconsin judge on Friday ordered the state elections commission to release all records it has related to one of its Republican members and his role as one of 10 people who posed as fake electors in 2020 for former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed by a union leader represented by the liberal firm Law Forward, sought commission records …

Judge to order Wisconsin Elections Commission to reconsider fake Trump elector complaint
1 year, 7 months ago

Judge to order Wisconsin Elections Commission to reconsider fake Trump elector complaint

Raw Story  

The Wisconsin Elections Commission will be ordered to reconsider its decision not to sanction the 10 Wisconsin Republicans who cast false Electoral College votes for former President Donald Trump in 2020. Dane County Judge Frank Remington said on Monday that the involvement in that decision by commissioner Robert Spindell, one of the ten false electors, makes it unenforceable. In the …

Trump’s 2020 Wisconsin team knew he lost but began promoting election lie, recording shows
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump’s 2020 Wisconsin team knew he lost but began promoting election lie, recording shows

LA Times  

A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how members of former President Trump’s campaign team in the battleground state of Wisconsin knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. The audio from Nov. 5, 2020, two days after the election, is surfacing as Trump again seeks the White House while continuing to lie …

Candidates clash over recount in Wisconsin US House race
2 years, 4 months ago

Candidates clash over recount in Wisconsin US House race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Candidates in a close Wisconsin Republican congressional primary are battling over whether there will be a recount after results showed them a mere 74 votes apart. Charity Barry filed a petition for a recount Thursday after running second to attorney Erik Olsen in Wisconsin’s 2nd District primary on Aug. 9. Barry’s petition, submitted to the Wisconsin Elections …

Wisconsin 2020 election Trump audit: Michael Gableman may be disbarred.
2 years, 6 months ago

Wisconsin 2020 election Trump audit: Michael Gableman may be disbarred.

Slate  

On Wednesday, Republicans’ fake investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election fell apart in the most spectacular manner possible. I’m not gonna be railroaded.” With a “raised voice,” “accusatory tone,” and “twisted facial expression,” Gableman “pointed and shook his finger at the judge” while accusing him of engaging in a “fishing expedition.” Here is part of Michael Gableman’s meltdown on the witness …

'Crazy conspiracy theory': Wisconsin elections chief pans effort to 'decertify' the election
2 years, 9 months ago

'Crazy conspiracy theory': Wisconsin elections chief pans effort to 'decertify' the election

Raw Story  

Allies of Donald Trump on Tuesday continued their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. "The former state Supreme Court justice leading the GOP-ordered review into the 2020 election on Tuesday said the state Legislature "ought to take a very hard look" at decertifying the state's presidential election," the Wisconsin State Journalreported. "Gableman released a new 136-page 'interim report' from …

Will false Trump electors' attempt to hijack the Wisconsin vote be punished?
2 years, 11 months ago

Will false Trump electors' attempt to hijack the Wisconsin vote be punished?

Raw Story  

The 10 Wisconsin Republicans who assembled on Dec. 14, 2020 at noon in the state Capitol and falsely certified that Donald Trump had won the state’s electoral votes were not the nation’s only bogus electors. Wisconsin pushback Wisconsin may be the only state where there is attention being drawn to the falsified documents and the people that signed them, because …

Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit
4 years ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his election loss in the battleground state about an hour before the Electoral College cast Wisconsin’s 10 votes for Democrat Joe Biden. In the 4-3 ruling, the court’s three liberal justices were joined by conservative swing Justice Brian Hagedorn who said …

Trump loses Wisconsin case while arguing another one
4 years ago

Trump loses Wisconsin case while arguing another one

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump lost a federal lawsuit Saturday while his attorney was arguing his case before a skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court in another lawsuit that liberal justices said “smacks of racism” and would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters only in the state’s most diverse counties. U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig, a Trump appointee, dismissed Trump’s federal …

Wisconsin lawmakers withhold funds to counties for recount
4 years ago

Wisconsin lawmakers withhold funds to counties for recount

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — The Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature’s budget committee is withholding reimbursements to two counties for their election recount costs. President Donald Trump’s campaign paid $3 million for recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties, Wisconsin’s two most Democratic areas. A member of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee objected to making the reimbursements, according to a letter released by the Republican leaders …

Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden’s win over Trump
4 years ago

Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden’s win over Trump

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin finished a recount of its presidential results on Sunday, confirming Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state. “As we have said, the recount only served to reaffirm Joe Biden’s victory in Wisconsin,” Danielle Melfi, who led Biden’s campaign in Wisconsin, said in a statement to The Associated Press. Trump campaign …

Trump spent $3 million on a Wisconsin recount which has boosted Biden’s total vote
4 years ago

Trump spent $3 million on a Wisconsin recount which has boosted Biden’s total vote

The Independent  

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Recount in Wisconsin county demanded by Trump increases Biden's margin
4 years ago

Recount in Wisconsin county demanded by Trump increases Biden's margin

The Hindu  

A recount in Wisconsin's largest county demanded by Republican President Donald Trump's election campaign ended Friday with Democratic President-elect Joe Biden gaining votes. Mr. Trump's campaign had demanded recounts in two of Wisconsin's most populous and Democratic-leaning counties, after losing Wisconsin to Mr. Biden by over 20,000 votes. Overall, Mr. Biden won the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election with 306 …

Republicans sue to stop Wisconsin vote certification
4 years, 1 month ago

Republicans sue to stop Wisconsin vote certification

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to block certification of the presidential election results even as a recount over President-elect Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump is ongoing. “The Wisconsin Department of Justice will ensure that Wisconsin’s presidential electors are selected based on the will of the more than 3 million Wisconsin …

Donald Trump campaign observers 'obstructing recount' of presidential results, say Wisconsin officials
4 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump campaign observers 'obstructing recount' of presidential results, say Wisconsin officials

Firstpost  

With no precedent for a recount reversing such a large margin, Trump’s strategy is widely seen as being aimed at an eventual court challenge, part of a push in key states to undo his election loss Milwaukee: Election officials in Wisconsin’s largest county accused observers for President Donald Trump of seeking to obstruct a recount of the presidential results, in …

Wisconsin officials: Trump observers obstructing recount Donald Trump recount Milwaukee recount results
4 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin officials: Trump observers obstructing recount Donald Trump recount Milwaukee recount results

The Independent  

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Trump objects to counting thousands of Wisconsin ballots
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump objects to counting thousands of Wisconsin ballots

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin’s two most heavily Democratic counties began Friday with President Donald Trump’s campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of absentee ballots that it alleged should not have been counted. His team on Friday sought to have ballots discarded where election clerks filled in missing address information on the certification …

EXPLAINER: Trump’s election challenges falling flat in court
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Trump’s election challenges falling flat in court

Associated Press  

While President Donald Trump vows to press ahead with efforts to overturn the election, judges across the country have consistently swatted down his legal challenges. Where Republican election challenges stand in six states: ARIZONA THE CASE: The Arizona Republican Party had tried to block the certification of the election results in the state’s most populous county, Maricopa, until a court …

In Wisconsin, long shot recount may just be prelude to court
4 years, 1 month ago

In Wisconsin, long shot recount may just be prelude to court

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s hopes to reverse his election loss in Wisconsin hinge on closing a deficit of some 20,500 votes, an almost impossibly high bar that spurs speculation his true goal is building a case for legal challenges that could win favor in the state’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court. Trump’s recount petition makes clear he plans to attack absentee …

Wisconsin issues recount order in 2 counties as Trump wanted
4 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin issues recount order in 2 counties as Trump wanted

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued an order Thursday to recount more than 800,000 ballots cast in two heavily liberal counties at President Donald Trump’s request. Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said “it would be great to be done by Thanksgiving,” but he didn’t have an estimate for when the work would conclude. Their inability to agree leaves …

Trump files for partial Wisconsin recount after failing to find enough funds for a full one
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump files for partial Wisconsin recount after failing to find enough funds for a full one

The Independent  

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Wisconsin issues recount order sought by Trump in two counties
4 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin issues recount order sought by Trump in two counties

Al Jazeera  

Recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties, where Biden outpolled Trump by a more than 2-to-1 margin, will begin Friday. The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued an order Thursday to recount more than 800,000 ballots cast in two heavily liberal counties at President Donald Trump’s request. “We understand the eyes of the world will be on these Wisconsin counties over the next …

Trump faces approaching deadline for recount in Wisconsin
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump faces approaching deadline for recount in Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in Wisconsin by more than 20,600 votes based on final canvassed totals submitted to the state elections commission on Tuesday, a report that starts the clock for Trump to file a recount as he has promised supporters. The canvassed totals show Biden beat Trump by 20,608 votes, which is a …

Wisconsin presidential recount would cost Trump $7.9 million
4 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin presidential recount would cost Trump $7.9 million

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results in Wisconsin showing him losing to Democrat Joe Biden by about 20,500 votes. That is four times higher than what the recount cost four years ago, a cost increase that elections officials said was driven by expenses related to …

Wisconsin elections head says still no evidence of fraud
4 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin elections head says still no evidence of fraud

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — There remained no evidence of any wrongdoing, fraud or irregularity in Wisconsin’s presidential election on Thursday, as counties worked to wrap up the certification of their votes and their estimates of how much it would cost to recount them, the state’s top elections official said. One reason for the changes is the counting of provisional ballots that …

More than two-thirds of Wisconsin counties finish canvass
4 years, 1 month ago

More than two-thirds of Wisconsin counties finish canvass

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — More than two-thirds of Wisconsin counties had completed certifying the results of last week’s presidential election as of Wednesday, but the last one is still not expected to be finished until the Nov. 17 deadline. Brown County Clerk Sandy Juno said in an email Wednesday that it was a “slow going process” and they were down on …

Trump Wisconsin recount can’t start until counties canvass
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump Wisconsin recount can’t start until counties canvass

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Twenty-four counties in Wisconsin had completed their canvassing of last week’s election results as of Monday morning, but all 72 must be in before President Donald Trump could call for a recount, as his campaign has said it intends to do. Counties have until Nov. 17 to finish their canvassing of the vote, and it’s likely that …

How Do Election Recounts Work? What You Need To Know.
4 years, 1 month ago

How Do Election Recounts Work? What You Need To Know.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Though it looks like Democratic nominee Joe Biden has won, the outcome of the presidential election is so close in several states that recounts are likely to happen. Under state law, campaigns can request a recount if the margin of victory is less than half of one percent of the total votes cast. As of Friday afternoon, …

US Election results: Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
4 years, 1 month ago

US Election results: Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically narrowing President Donald Trump's pathway to reelection. Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said the president would formally request a Wisconsin recount, citing “irregularities" in several counties. The candidates spent …

Trump Wants A Recount In Wisconsin. How Would It Work?
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump Wants A Recount In Wisconsin. How Would It Work?

NPR  

Trump Wants A Recount In Wisconsin. Enlarge this image toggle caption Wong Maye-E/AP Wong Maye-E/AP Not long after The Associated Press and other news outlets declared Wednesday that Democrat Joe Biden had won Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes, the Trump campaign announced it would ask for a recount in the state. Wisconsin was part of the so-called "blue wall" that Trump …

Trump campaign wants a Wisconsin recount. But how would it work?
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump campaign wants a Wisconsin recount. But how would it work?

Al Jazeera  

Wisconsin officials are defending the voting process, saying the president’s claim of irregularities is ‘insulting’. Kenosha, Wisconsin, US – Though election officials in the swing state of Wisconsin have not released a final tally in the United States presidential elections, President Donald Trump’s campaign has already signalled it plans to ask for a recount. Trump’s campaign manager, Bill Stepien, said …

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