R&I NV — Molly Beck
Bill Glauber
Andrew Mollica
Patrick Marley
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
November 28,2020
MILWAUKEE – In an election decided in Wisconsin by about 20,000 votes, President Donald Trump wants to throw out more than 200,000 ballots.
The Trump campaign is seeking to disqualify 238,420 ballots cast during the Nov. 3 election between Dane and Milwaukee counties, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel analysis – an effort that has been unsuccessful so far as part of recounts in both counties but could end up in court.
Milwaukee County’s recount concluded Friday, with Democrat Joe Biden increasing his net margin of victory over Trump by 132 votes out of nearly 460,000 cast. The Dane County recount is expected to conclude Sunday.
The ballots Trump is seeking to disqualify affect voters who cast absentee ballots in person, known as early voting, and residents who identify themselves as “indefinitely confined,” allowing them to vote absentee without meeting the state photo ID requirements.
Aujzhane Semons holds her year-old son Kaiyan as she marks her ballot at the Midtown Center on North 58th Street and West Capitol Drive on the last day of early voting.
The Trump campaign argues voters who cast absentee ballots in person should be disqualified because the ballots did not include separate applications and that many more people claimed to be indefinitely confined than exist.
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