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Before Wisconsin Recount Has Even Started, Infighting

Dems, GOPers on Wisconsin Elections Commission squabble in hourslong meeting

(Newser) - The Trump campaign ponied up $3 million this week to pay for a ballot recount in two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties. That recount in Milwaukee and Dane Counties won't kick off till Friday, but the partisan squabbling has already started. On Wednesday night, the Wisconsin Elections Commission, made up...

Trump Campaign Is Paying for a Partial Wisconsin Recount

$3M will fund recount in 2 heavily Democratic counties

(Newser) - In 2016, President Trump picked up an extra 162 votes in Wisconsin after Green Party candidate Jill Stein requested and paid for a statewide recount. This time around, he's hoping for a lot more votes from a much narrower recount. State election officials say the Trump campaign has paid...

GOP Leaders Quash Trump Bid on Electors

State lawmakers in 4 states say they won't do it

(Newser) - Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Trump, the AP reports. Their comments effectively shut down a half-baked plot some Republicans floated as a last chance...

Trump Campaign Says It Wants Wisconsin Recount
Biden Wins Wisconsin,
Trump Team Wants Recount
UPDATED
Nov 4, 2020 1:35 PM CST

Biden Wins Wisconsin, Trump Team Wants Recount

Trailing candidate can request one if they aren't more than 1 percentage point behind

(Newser) - President Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien says the president plans to "immediately" request a recount in the battleground state of Wisconsin, which the Associated Press called for Joe Biden Wednesday afternoon. Stepein spoke about a recount before the call, when Joe Biden was 20,000 votes ahead with...

After Biden Sign Stolen, a Trump Supporter Stepped Up

Wisconsin's Josh Schoemann wanted this to be a 'learning moment' for his sons

(Newser) - Tim Place is rooting for Joe Biden. Josh Schoemann is pulling for President Trump. But these two Wisconsin neighbors still found a way to come together after Place's Biden/Harris yard sign went missing. FOX6 News notes that the two men live in a very heavily Republican area in Washington...

What Happened With That Big Wisconsin Project
They Promised 13K Jobs.
Then Came the 'Screams'
longform
Nov 1, 2020 4:30 PM CST

They Promised 13K Jobs. Then Came the 'Screams'

How Foxconn built a 'state visit project' in Wisconsin

(Newser) - President Trump called it "the eighth wonder of the world." Foxconn's project in Wisconsin came with the glittering promise of a $10 billion investment, a huge LCD-screen factory, and 13,000 jobs—but two years later it looks like a bust, the Verge reports. The company, a...

Strangers Take Action After Seeing 'Anguished' Man's Photo

They find Sang Yang living on the streets of LA, and drive him back home

(Newser) - An image of a homeless man inspired a group of strangers to find him and drive him over 2,000 miles back to his home state, ABC10 reports. Daniel Lee was among people who read about Sang Yang's plight on a photographer's website : Sang was described as being...

At Border Between 2 States, Handoff of a Murder Suspect

Kyle Rittenhouse of Illinois is accused of killing 2 in Kenosha, Wis.

(Newser) - A 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wis., has been extradited to stand trial on homicide charges, with sheriff’s deputies in Illinois handing him over to their counterparts in Wisconsin shortly after a judge on Friday approved the contested extradition. In his afternoon ruling that...

CDC Traces 116 Virus Cases to 1 Boy at Summer Camp

Report: 80% of people in camp became infected

(Newser) - In early July, a few days after he tested negative for the coronavirus, a high school-age boy arrived at a summer camp in Wisconsin. The next day, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, he had a sore throat, a cough, and chills. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and...

Hackers Steal $2.3M Earmarked for MAGA Hat Vendors

State GOP chairman says thieves 'had a level of familiarity' with party operations

(Newser) - Some $2.3 million in campaign cash was stolen from the Wisconsin Republican Party by hackers who "exhibited a level of familiarity with state party operations," says state GOP chairman Andrew Hitt. Officials say the hackers siphoned the money from the state party's federal account, which supports...

Why a Wisconsin Poll Is Getting So Much Attention
Why a Wisconsin Poll Is
Getting So Much Attention
the rundown
Oct 28, 2020 12:02 PM CDT

Why a Wisconsin Poll Is Getting So Much Attention

It shows Biden up by 17 points

(Newser) - GOP strategist Karl Rove this week said President Trump could secure a second term if he wins Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, or Michigan, along with the other states he took in 2016. "If he carries Wisconsin out of those three states, only Wisconsin, he's got 270," said Rove, per...

Here's Where the Ballot Count Stands

Early votes so far equal 51% of those counted in the 2016 election

(Newser) - Some 138 million Americans voted in the 2016 election. More than half that number have already voted this year, according to the US Elections Project . It's "a record-breaking pace that could lead to the highest voter turnout in percentage terms in more than a century," Reuters reports,...

Supreme Court Hands GOP a Victory in Wisconsin

Ballot deadline won't be extended

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has spoken, and Wisconsin's absentee ballot deadline won't be extended. In a win for Republicans, the high court sided with an appeals court that put the six-day extension on hold . The extension had originally been issued by a lower court judge who sided with Democrats...

COVID Highs Push Hospitals Near the Brink

'We'll run into some difficult decisions to make'

(Newser) - Hospitals across the US are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff, the AP reports. New highs in cases have been reported in states big and small—from...

Judge Unblocks State Order on Bar Capacity Limits

Wisconsin rules were lifted after Tavern League sued

(Newser) - A Wisconsin judge has reimposed an order from Gov. Tony Evers’ administration limiting the number of people who can gather in bars, restaurants, and other indoor venues to 25% of capacity. The capacity limits order was issued Oct. 6 by Andrea Palm, secretary of the state Department of Health Services,...

America Is Smashing Coronavirus Records
COVID Records
Broken in 6 States
Oct 10, 2020 5:00 PM CDT

COVID Records Broken in 6 States

And across the world

(Newser) - President Trump has said the coronavirus will soon disappear —but according to the latest numbers, "soon" isn't here yet. The World Health Organization announced that 350,766 new infections were counted Friday worldwide, beating the previous record from earlier this week by almost 12,000. Forbes notes...

Mom, Sisters of Black Teen Killed by Cop Arrested

Tracy Cole, mother of 17-year-old Alvin Cole, was detained, then hospitalized after protest

(Newser) - The mother and sisters of a Black teen who was killed by a suburban Milwaukee cop have been arrested by police cracking down on protesters out after a curfew, per the AP . Alvin Cole's mother, Tracy Cole, and his sisters, Taleavia and Tristiana Cole, were arrested about 8:30pm...

Officer Won't be Charged in Teenager's Death

Investigator finds Black 17-year-old didn't fire at the officer in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

(Newser) - Protesters returned to the streets of Wauwatosa after the Milwaukee County district attorney announced that a police officer won't face charges in the death of a Black teenager. Alvin Cole, 17, was shot by Joseph Mensahin, a Black officer, in February while running away in a mall parking lot;...

Wisconsin to Open Field Hospital at State Fairgrounds

COVID patients are overwhelming state hospitals

(Newser) - State Fair Park in Wisconsin didn't host the state fair this year because of the pandemic—but the grounds will now be hosting hundreds of patients. With coronavirus cases surging in the state and hospitals on the verge of being overwhelmed, authorities plan to activate a field hospital at...

Official Explains Those 9 Discarded Military Ballots

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar calls them a 'bad error'

(Newser) - It looks like nine discarded military ballots were tossed out in Pennsylvania by mistake, the AP reports. The state's senior elections official said Wednesday that election workers in Luzerne County are still learning how to handle military mail-in and overseas ballots and goofed on this one. "The investigation...

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