Wisconsin fee confirms Biden’s election victory following recount, begins five-day clock for Trump to file lawsuit

Wisconsin has confirmed Joe Biden’s election victory after a recount requested by President Donald Trump netted the Democrat challenger a number of extra votes, setting the stage for a authorized problem that have to be filed inside 5 days.

Ann Jacobs, the Democrat chairwoman of the Wisconsin Election Fee, confirmed outcomes of the recount on Monday after the method was accomplished a day earlier. The recount, which value the Trump marketing campaign $ three million, netted Biden 87 extra votes, including to the 20,600-vote margin that he held after the preliminary tally.

Media shops declared Biden the winner of the November three election on November 7, however Trump has alleged that fraudulent votes have been used to push the Democrat excessive in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and different swing states. Trump’s Wisconsin case is predicated not on the claims of defective counting, however on the allegations of unlawful votes. With the recount step now accomplished, the window has opened for a authorized problem for Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes.

“We’ve discovered many unlawful votes,” Trump mentioned on Saturday. “Keep tuned.”

The Wisconsin recount just isn’t about discovering errors within the rely, it’s about discovering individuals who have voted illegally, and that case will likely be introduced after the recount is over, on Monday or Tuesday. We’ve discovered many unlawful votes. Keep tuned!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2020

Wisconsin Lawyer Normal Josh Kaul mentioned the Trump marketing campaign was difficult ballots solely within the two counties with the most important black populations, which he referred to as a “disgraceful Jim Crow technique for mass disenfranchisement of voters.” With the recount now over, he mentioned, “there stays no query that, as regular, Wisconsin’s normal election was performed professionally and securely. There is not any foundation in any respect for any assertion that there was widespread fraud that will have affected the outcomes.”

With the recount of the presidential election full, there stays no query that, as regular, Wisconsin's normal election was performed professionally & securely. There’s no foundation in any respect for any assertion that there was widespread fraud that will have affected the outcomes.

— Lawyer Normal Josh Kaul (@WisDOJ) November 30, 2020

The Wisconsin affirmation got here on the identical day that Arizona licensed Biden as winner of its 11 electoral votes. As in Wisconsin, the formalization of outcomes opened a five-day window for authorized challenges. Biden had a margin of about 10,500 votes in Arizona. Nationwide, Biden leads Trump by 306-232 in electoral votes.

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