Poll workers, like David Stracener, left, and Amelia Rhinerson, with Heidi Heffron-Clark, at right, seen processing absentee ballots in Stoughton last month, work in pairs and represent one of the key safeguards against election fraud in Wisconsin.
The flurry of lawsuits President Donald Trump and his allies have filed in Wisconsin since the Nov. 3 election have mostly concerned the manner in which absentee voting was conducted: how clerks interpreted and carried out the laws that have long governed elections in the state.
Associated Press calls Wisconsin for Joe Biden; Trump campaign vows recount
Joe Biden has won Wisconsin and its 10 electoral votes, moving the former vice president to the threshold of the presidency, depending on the outcome in just a few remaining swing states.
The Orpheum Theatre serves as a polling location on Election Day in Madison, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
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Voters cast ballots and election officials process absentee ballots at the polling place at the Orpheum Theatre on Tuesday.
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Signs notify voters of the polling place at the Orpheum Theatre, on Election Day in Madison.
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Margaret Berg and her friend Katya Maes walk along North Shore Drive in Madison in United States Post Office box costumes. Berg made the costumes out of boxes from new patio heaters, and the two women walked around downtown Madison the morning of Election Day.
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Voters fill in ballots behind privacy screens at the Olbrich Gardens polling place on Election Day in Madison, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
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Election officials Tom Otto and Alex Foote feed absentee ballots into the voting tabulator machine at the O’Keeffe Middle School polling place on Election Day in Madison. Absentee ballots were delivered to each polling location, and election officials spent the day processing them.
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One of Madison’s busiest polling places, O’Keeffe Middle School, had a slow stream of voters in and out of its doors on Election Day in Madison, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
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Election officials Jess Wilson and Jessie Chmell process absentee ballots at the the O’Keeffe Middle School polling place.
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Election official Sharon Lewandowski sanitizes a voting booth at the Olbrich Gardens polling place on Tuesday.
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Voters wait in line and fill out ballots at Olbrich Gardens Tuesday morning.
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Election Official Bonnie Buchanan sits at the voter registration table at Olbrich Gardens.
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An election official wears disposable gloves to hold a stack of absentee ballots as she waits in line to put them into the voting machine at Olbrich Gardens on Tuesday morning.
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Voters and election officials stream in and out of the commons at Olbrich Gardens Tuesday morning.
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A voter fills in her ballot at the O’Keeffe Middle School polling place on Election Day in Madison, on Tuesday.
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A voter fills out a ballot behind a privacy screen at O’Keeffe Middle School Tuesday morning.
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A Prius with “Vote” written on the windows is parked outside of the Memorial Union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which serves as a polling place on Election Day.
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Signs direct voters to the polling place within the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union on Election Day.
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Voting booths are empty as election officials wait in line to process absentee ballots at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Tuesday morning.
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A cyclist rides past the Orpheum Theatre polling place on Election Day.
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Robert Crisler stands on the side of Dayton Street, holding a sign directing voters to the poling place at Nicholas Recreation Center, at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, on Tuesday afternoon.
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Londyn and Lily sit in the back of a mini van as a small crowd gathers in the plaza at the corner of North Carroll and State streets in support of the anti-racism movement, on Election Night in Madison, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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Scott Ball uses a flashlight to see the carne asada steak on his grill, during an outdoor election results party in the Schenk-Atwood neighborhood of Madison, on Tuesday night.
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Neighbors gather for an outdoor election results party in the Schenk-Atwood neighborhood of Madison, on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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Annie Kubena and her dog Vinnie settle in for a long night of watching election news, at their home in Madison, on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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Gary Olson and Tony Cass watch election coverage on televisions at Wilson’s Bar in Madison on election night.
Poll workers, like David Stracener, left, and Amelia Rhinerson, with Heidi Heffron-Clark, at right, seen processing absentee ballots in Stoughton last month, work in pairs and represent one of the key safeguards against election fraud in Wisconsin.