The 2020 election is over. Here’s what happened (and what didn’t)
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While a handful of voters in 2020 risked going to prison by attempting to vote twice or in the name of a dead relative, as happens in any election, no evidence of widespread fraud has ever been produced in Wisconsin or elsewhere. Yet, many continue to question some of the practices clerks relied on to encourage eligible voters to cast ballots and make sure their votes were counted amid the first election in more than 100 years held during a pandemic. Here's what happened, and didn't happen.
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The clear insinuation was that someone not qualified to conduct an election improperly influenced these vulnerable voters. But the Wisconsin State Journal could not confirm the data.
The state has multiple, overlapping safeguards aimed at preventing ineligible voters from casting ballots, tampering with the ballots or altering vote totals.
Nothing in the emails suggests there were problems with the election that contributed in any meaningful way to Trump's 20,682-vote loss to Joe Biden.
"Despite concerns with statewide elections procedures, this audit showed us that the election was largely safe and secure," Sen. Rob Cowles said Friday.
The grants were provided to every Wisconsin municipality that asked for them, and in the amounts they asked for.
"Application of the U.S. Department of Justice guidance among the clerks in Wisconsin is not uniform," the memo says.
The memo states that state law gives the Audit Bureau complete access to all records during an audit investigation and federal law and guidance does not prohibit an election official from handing over election records.
Drop boxes were used throughout Wisconsin, including in areas where Trump won the vast majority of counties.
Thousands of ballot certifications examined from Madison are a window onto how elections officials handled a pandemic and a divided and unhelpful state government.
"I don't think that you instill confidence in a process by kind of blindly assuming there's nothing to see here," WILL president and general counsel Rick Esenberg said.
The Associated Press reviewed every potential case of voter fraud in six battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvan…
The report is the latest to show that there was not widespread fraud in Wisconsin.
The turnout at nursing homes in Brown, Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine counties in 2020 was not much different from the turnout in 2016.
While a handful of voters in 2020 risked going to prison by attempting to vote twice or in the name of a dead relative, as happens in any elec…
The clear insinuation was that someone not qualified to conduct an election improperly influenced these vulnerable voters. But the Wisconsin State Journal could not confirm the data.
The state has multiple, overlapping safeguards aimed at preventing ineligible voters from casting ballots, tampering with the ballots or altering vote totals.
The report is the latest to show that there was not widespread fraud in Wisconsin.
The turnout at nursing homes in Brown, Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine counties in 2020 was not much different from the turnout in 2016.
The turnout at nursing homes in Brown, Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine counties in 2020 was not much different from the turnout in 2016.
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The 2020 election is over. Here’s what happened (and what didn’t)
Two GOP candidates will meet in the Aug. 9 primary, with the winner going on to face incumbent U.S. Mark Pocan, D-Black Earth, in the general election.
No Democratic opponent will appear on the ballot to face Vos, R-Rochester, in November, giving Vos a clear path to another term. Steen, an election denier, was boosted last week by a Trump endorsement.
There is no provision under the law or the Constitution by which the government can wipe out millions of citizens' votes.
The grievance follows a similar complaint filed last month by a Dane County judge for Gableman's courtroom conduct where he refused to testify and accused the judge of being a "partisan" advocate.
"It appears to this court that at this point whatever records may have been responsive are gone … that's for a separate day," Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn said.
Gableman's eight-month review of the 2020 election has been plagued by legal challenges against multiple subpoenas issued by the former state Supreme Court justice.
Three mayors, five election staffers and two city workers could be jailed if they don't comply with a list of demands under a new petition filed by Republican appointed investigator Michael Gableman.
While a handful of voters in 2020 risked going to prison by attempting to vote twice or in the name of a dead relative, as happens in any elec…
While a handful of voters in 2020 risked going to prison by attempting to vote twice or in the name of a dead relative, as happens in any elec…
Some Wisconsin Republicans say they won't vote if Trump is on the 2024 general election ballot, but others will vote only if he is on the ballot, according to GOP operatives.
The move is likely to spark a court challenge over Wolfe's status in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
Some GOP groups have encouraged legislators to amend the Constitution to preserve favorable conservative rulings and laws they fear the liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court could undo.
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have advanced a series of constitutional amendments that would outlaw private funding for elections ahead of the 2024 presidential contest, bar municipalities from allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections and enshrine existing voter photo ID requirements in the state constitution.
There is nothing illegal about the technical help and money outside groups provided elections officials, but the GOP wants to ban such assistance.
Gableman's taxpayer-funded salary will be cut in half in the meantime, from $11,000 to $5,500 a month.
No Democratic opponent will appear on the ballot to face Vos, R-Rochester, in November, giving Vos a clear path to another term. Steen, an election denier, was boosted last week by a Trump endorsement.
