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Wayne County Canvassers Board Republicans Rescind Votes Certifying Election

by USNN2020November 19, 2020January 12, 2021

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1000s of Uncounted Votes | 9K Vote Glitch for Biden | Trump Gains in Georgia | Facts Matter

by USNN2020November 19, 2020January 12, 2021

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Loeffler Says Republicans Are ‘Firewall Against Socialism’ in US Ahead of Georgia Runoff

by USNN2020November 19, 2020January 12, 2021

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Former Senate Leader of Minnesota’s Democrats Leaves Party

by USNN2020November 19, 2020January 12, 2021

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday night issued an order to recount ballots in two counties following a request by President Donald Trump’s campaign. Commissioners in a video teleconference on Wednesday argued for nearly six hours before ultimately agreeing to conduct the recount. “An order will be issued mandating that the recount take place. This is not a discretionary decision. This is simply what will happen,” Chairwoman Ann Jacobs, a Democrat, said at the beginning of the hearing. But members of the commission, which has three Republicans and three Democrats, debated for hours over how the recount would be conducted. Some said state law governing a recount contained ambiguities. Republican Commissioner Dean Knudson said he believed the commission should issue guidance to canvassers that they should set aside ballots that had a correction made to the witness address. “They’ve essentially filed in advance a mass objection to all such ballots, that in this era of pandemic, and all our concerns for public health, and so on, it’s kind of ridiculous to have the observers have to be close enough to see each one and object individually to each one, when instead, we could give guidance at the outset that says, ‘hey, those need to be set aside, because those are going to be under litigation,'” Knudson said. “I don’t necessarily think that as a commission, we should be pre-determining what ballots are going to be questioned or what envelopes are going to be questioned. That’s not our position,” Democrat Commissioner Julie Glancey said, though the Republican Party of the Trump campaign could recommend canvassers do so. Wisconsin Counts Poll workers check-in a box of absentee ballots at Sun Prairie High School in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, on Nov. 3, 2020. (Andy Manis/Getty Images) Knudson sparked stronger pushback when he wondered whether clerks sent out thousands of ballots that weren’t requested by voters as he proposed including written applications in the recount. “I am shocked and offended that you have implied in any way that clerks in Madison and Milwaukee have sent out thousands of unrequested ballots,” Jacobs said. “I think that’s absurd. I think it’s factually bizarre.” “What we ought not be doing is watering that plant of baloney,” she added, referring to allegations by the Trump campaign. The commission eventually approved an order that made no reference to its recount manual, which has guidelines for how local officials should conduct recounts. Trump’s campaign earlier in the day filed a petition asking for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties because of alleged “illegally altered absentee ballots, illegally issued absentee ballots, and illegal advice given by government officials allowing Wisconsin’s voter ID laws to be circumvented.” “The Wisconsin Elections Commission directed Wisconsin municipal clerks to illegally alter incomplete absentee ballots contrary to Wisconsin law,” the campaign added. The commission has said clerks are required by guidance issued before the 2016 election to fix addresses. trump and biden Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (L) and President Donald Trump in file photographs. (Getty Images; Reuters) The campaign also alleged that clerks across the state issued absentee ballots to voters without requiring an application, in direct conflict with Wisconsin’s absentee voting safeguards. The campaign transferred $3 million to the state to cover the estimated cost of the partial recount. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden finished with 20,427 more votes than Trump, or 0.62 percent of the vote, according to unofficial statewide results. State law allows a candidate who ends up within 1 percent of the winner’s total to request a recount. If the margin is less than 0.25 percent, the state foots the bill, but if it’s between 0.25 percent and 1 percent, the requestee must. A full statewide recount can still be requested. The commission chair will on Thursday issue the recount order, triggering a 13-day recount clock. Recount boards can meet as soon as Nov. 19 and no later than Nov. 21. All recounts must be completed and results filed with the commission by noon on Dec. 1, a day that also marks the deadline for the commission to certify results from the election. “We understand the eyes of the world will be on these Wisconsin counties over the next few weeks,” Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s chief election official, said in a statement. “We remain committed to providing information about the process and assisting our county clerks by providing facts on the mechanics of a recount and status updates.” Jack Phillips contributed to this report.

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Wisconsin Elections Commission Agrees to Order Partial Recount After Trump Request

by USNN2020November 19, 2020January 12, 2021

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Georgia Recount Witnesses Saw Trump Votes Counted for Biden

by USNN2020November 18, 2020December 28, 2024

National Security & Defense

Marines Prep for Possible War in Europe During Massive East Coast Training Exercise

by USNN2020November 18, 2020January 12, 2021

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Lawmakers at Hearing Largely Agree Section 230 Reform Needed

by USNN2020November 18, 2020June 26, 2024

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Mail-In Ballots in Pennsylvania Not Registered in State Data, Hundreds of Voters Say

by USNN2020November 18, 2020February 26, 2025

Opinion

What American Schools Should Teach About Race, Racism, and Slavery

by USNN2020November 18, 2020January 12, 2021

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Trump Campaign Calls for Partial Recount in Wisconsin, Alleges Illegally-Altered Ballots

by USNN2020November 18, 2020August 27, 2025

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Georgia Monitor Catches 9,626-Vote Error in Hand Recount

by USNN2020November 18, 2020February 26, 2025

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DOJ, citing Hunter Biden story, Justice Thomas, supports changes to Section 230 in letter to Congress

By Tyler Olson | Fox News The law’s advocates defend it as important for free speech and job creation on the Internet. The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday sent ...

Suburban mom on why she’s backing Trump: Biden can’t even say the words ‘law and order’

By Joshua Q. Nelson | Fox News Polling shows Trump trailing Biden in key states among suburban women. A suburban woman Trump supporter appeared on Fox News Wednesday to explain ...

Media’s ‘total omission’ of accusations in new Bobulinski interview stuns critics

By Brian Flood | Fox News ‘Lapdog press’ blacks out explosive Tony Bobulinski claims as CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo skip story. ‘Mainstream liberal media has shown itself unworthy ...

Biden stays silent on Bobulinski claims about family’s business ventures

By Brooke Singman | Fox News Biden has long denied being involved in his family’s business dealings. Joe Biden and his presidential campaign are staying mum after Hunter Biden’s ...

Trump slams Biden for floating Supreme Court changes, warns he will nominate ‘radical left’ judges if elected

By Brooke Singman | Fox News Biden has not released a list of potential Supreme Court nominees. President Trump on Tuesday said that allies of his Democratic rival Joe ...

Rove breaks down Trump’s ‘path to victory’ through Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

By Yael Halon | Fox News Trump won all three states by fewer than one percentage point in 2016. The fate of President Trump’s reelection bid will ultimately come down to the three ...

Clawing back votes: 7 states allow voters to resubmit ballots

By Ronn Blitzer, Audrey Conklin | Fox News Several states have already reached more than 60% of their 2016 voter turnout. Many Americans are voting early in the 2020 presidential ...

Biden says in video he has created ‘voter fraud organization’

By Evie Fordham | Fox News Democratic nominee Joe Biden said his team has created “the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics” ...

NY Post endorses Trump: ‘Make America great again, again’ and ‘tick off’ Hollywood with reelection

By Brian Flood | Fox News ‘We can put annus horribilis, 2020, behind us and make America great again, again,’ the Post wrote. The New York Post endorsed President ...

Joe Biden appears to confuse Trump with former President George W. Bush

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Biden immediately corrected himself after the minor verbal flub. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden misspoke on Sunday and appeared to begin saying the name of ...

Biden team admits he botched estimated cost of free college plan

By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that the government could provide four-year college educations for $150 billion, only for his campaign to later admit it ...

If Biden wins, he tells his Wall Street supporters he can’t wait to raise taxes

By Charlie Gasparino, Lydia Moynihan FOXBusiness Biden believes increasing taxes is a ‘moral issue’ and the best way to begin minimizing the wealth inequality in America. The polls ...