Nearly 400 uncounted absentee ballots from Milwaukee were found in the recount Tuesday as a conservative group asked the state Supreme Court to let Republicans who control the Legislature decide how to cast Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes.
The last-minute lawsuit was filed by the Wisconsin Voters Alliance, a group that got no traction with litigation in federal court before the election.
The 386 absentee ballot envelopes from a ward on Milwaukee's south side were not opened - and the ballots were not counted - on Election Day due to "Human error" at Milwaukee's central count operation, said Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission.
The ballots discovered at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee still would not be enough to change the outcome of Wisconsin's presidential election, which Democrat Joe Biden won by about 20,600 votes.
New lawsuit filedAs Trump mulls using the recount to launch a lawsuit, the group of voters asked the state Supreme Court to bar the Wisconsin Elections Commission from certifying the state's results.
The Wisconsin Voters Alliance wants the court to allow lawmakers to decide how to cast the state's electoral votes instead.In September, the group sued in federal court over $6.3 million in grants the Center for Tech and Civic Life gave to Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine and Kenosha to help them run their elections.
State law allows indefinitely confined voters, such as those with disabilities, to receive absentee ballots without providing a photo ID.The justices have not said if they will take the case but told the state Elections Commission to file a brief responding to the lawsuit by Friday.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Group sues to stop Wisconsin from certifying results; 386 absentee ballots found
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