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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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Biden vs. Trump – the unspoken issues costing Dems dearly in rural, industrial America

By Daniel Allott | Fox News In conversations with voters around the county, it’s been clear that social issues matter most. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden ...

Casket outside Brooklyn nursing home filled with 6,500 covers of Cuomo’s book

By Nick Givas | New York Post ‘We are all COVID orphans now,’ one attendee said. A casket display outside a Brooklyn nursing home in New York had 6,500 copies of Gov. Andrew ...

U.S. government agencies to use AI to cull and cut outdated regulations

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said Friday that federal agencies will use artificial intelligence to ...

Social media erupts over Biden’s Big Tech ties after Facebook, Twitter censor NY Post’s story on Hunter

By Evie Fordham, Yael Halon | Fox News A former Facebook exec will oversee enforcement of the Biden campaign’s ethics plan. The Biden campaign is facing renewed criticism over ...

Free speech rally marred by violence as counterprotesters storm event, beat pro-Trump demonstrators

By Paul Best | Fox News An organizer of the protest had a tooth knocked out. A rally called to promote free speech and denounce big tech censorship turned ugly Saturday in San Francisco, ...

Biden campaign warns against complacency in memo: ‘Donald Trump can still win this’

By Peter Doocy, Marisa Schultz | Fox News The Biden campaign sent out a three-page memo to supporters Saturday warning that President Trump can still win and the race is “neck and ...

Cops rip Biden’s claim they should be trained to shoot suspects ‘in the leg’

By Marisa Schultz | Fox News Police reject the ‘incredibly ignorant suggestion’ Law enforcement groups blasted Vice President Joe Biden for again suggesting training police to shoot suspects “in the leg” is a ...

USNN Endorses Donald John Trump For President

By NH POLITICIAN Donald John Trump is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television ...

String of ballot mishaps confirms mail-in vote fears

By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News The Honest Elections Project warns many states are not equipped for mail-in voting. The Honest Elections Project is warning that recent events ...

Biden’s ABC town hall questioners include former Obama speechwriter, wife of former Pennsylvania Dem candidate

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Former Obama-Biden administration speechwriter among questioners at ABC town hall. Two of the questioners at the ABC town hall featuring Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday had ...

Twitter’s Un-American Censorship of the New York Post

By DAVID HARSANYI Some of the most powerful gatekeepers of political speech are simply shutting down inconvenient stories while journalists stand by and cheer. You can imagine, ...

C-SPAN’s Scully on leave admitting lying about Trump tweet, Twitter account being hacked

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News Scully was set to moderate the now-canceled second presidential debate. C-SPAN has suspended political editor Steve Scully, who was at one ...