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Milwaukee recount close to completion
In election
news out of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County could complete the recounting of its
presidential election results as soon as tomorrow and no later than Friday, a
county spokesman said this morning.
The recount
got off to a slow start last week as elections officials addressed a myriad of
complaints from Donald Trump’s attorneys and observers as part of their
increasingly hapless and hopeless long-shot attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s
victory in the state and in the election, which has amounted to no more than
legal heckling in a side show starring characters such as Rudy Giuliani and
Sidney Powell.
But as of
today, in Wisconsin, the work of confirming the election result was “very close
to being back on schedule,” said Brian Rothgery, spokesman for the Milwaukee
county board of supervisors.
The recount
is about 36% complete in Dane County and only “slightly behind schedule,” said
Dane county clerk Scott McDonell.
Neither
county planned to work on Thanksgiving. They must complete the recount by
December 1, the deadline for certifying the vote.
Trump lost
to Democrat Joe Biden by about 20,600 votes in Wisconsin but paid for a recount
in Milwaukee and Dane counties, where the majority of Democratic votes were
made, The Associated Press notes.
Despite the
process marching on, Donald Trump has refused to concede the election and is
widely expected to file a lawsuit in Wisconsin challenging tens of thousands of
absentee ballots once the recount is complete.
Trump’s
campaign has raised objections to broad categories of ballots, including all
absentee ballots cast in-person.
But as of
earlier this morning, recounted ballots showed a net gain of only 41 votes for
Trump.
My Guardian
colleague Kenya Evelyn has done some crucial reporting on how Black voters
lifted Biden’s bid for the White House.
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