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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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Judge rules South Carolina GOP can cancel its presidential primary in 2020

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News A county judge in South Carolina dismissed on Wednesday a lawsuit against the Palmetto State’s Republican Party over its ...

Political scientist makes surprising claim: Trump impeachment would guarantee his re-election in 2020

By Yael Halon | Fox News A Trump impeachment would guarantee the president’s re-election, according to political expert Jeanne Zaino. Taking on the party’s leadership in a ...

CNN Ripped for Apparently Skipping Live Coverage of Hearing on FBI Misconduct

By Jack Phillips The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear from the Department of Justice’s Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, on Wednesday on the findings of his report into ...

House Will Impeach Trump Again if He Wins 2020 Election: Democratic Congresswoman

By Zachary Stieber The House will impeach President Donald Trump once more if he wins the 2020 election, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) said. Trump has not ...

Former CIA agent tells Brennan ‘I swear I will attend your trial and sentencing’ after Brennan trolls Trump -“Now I’ll speak up and out”

By Mark Augustine (TNS) They say guilty people often project onto others the misdeeds they have committed, and for all the world, it sure seems ...

EVERY AMERICAN NOW HAS GOOD CAUSE TO FILE VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS SUIT AGAINST SPECIFIC CONGRESS CRITTERS

By Charles Miller It occurs to me that no one serving in government has acted in good faith.So I decided to see if any reaction ...

BOMBSHELL: Whistleblowers Present Hundreds of Pages of Evidence Alleging Illicit Behavior of Clinton Foundation

By Shane Trejo Will this be what finally puts Crooked Hillary behind bars? Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said in a Fox News interview last week that three ...

HEY DEMOCRATS! THE TIDAL WAVE IS COMING! Trump Hershey Rally: 12,000 Inside, 30,000 YouTube Livestream Viewers, 2.1 MILLION Facebook Views

By Jim Hoft TheGatewayPundit.com Hey Democrats! The Tidal Wave Is Coming! The Democrats launched their latest coup and impeachment sham against President Trump would ruin his ...

Tucker Carlson: Democrats claim ‘no one is above the law,’ but act like they are

By Charles Creitz | Fox News Tucker Carlson reacted Tuesday to House Democrats announcing articles of impeachment against President Trump by claiming that his accusers are guilty of the high crimes ...

AOC invokes dog breeding practices in debate about paid family leave

By Sam Dorman | Fox News Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out for claiming Trump food stamp changes might have left her family ‘starved’ Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is receiving ...

Michigan Democrat responds to poll showing swing-state voters turning against impeachment

By Julia Musto | Fox News Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said that while she is worried about division within the nation, it is “highly unlikely” she will vote against impeaching President ...

Trump, at Pennsylvania rally, says ‘stupid’ impeachment indirectly led to USMCA deal

By Gregg Re | Fox News President Trump was headlining a rally in the key swing state of Pennsylvania on a momentous day in his presidency Tuesday, after House ...