Trump's Campaign will seek a Recount in Two Wisconsin Counties, alleging without Presenting Evidence that Absentee Ballots were Illegally Issued and Altered, and County Clerks advised Voters on how to Skirt the State's Voter ID Laws.
In Wisconsin, a Candidate can Request a Recount if he or she is Within the 1% Margin of Victory, and it must be Completed by December 1st.
The Campaign filed a Petition with the Wisconsin Elections Commission for a Recount in, Milwaukee and Dane Counties, due to the Purported Irregularities and has Transferred $3 Million to the State to Cover the Cost of the Recounts. A Recount of Results in the Entire State would have Cost nearly $8 Million.
"The people of Wisconsin deserve to know whether their election processes worked in a legal and transparent way," Jim Troupis, Counsel to the campaign, said in a Statement. "Regrettably, the integrity of the election results cannot be trusted without a recount in these two counties and uniform enforcement of Wisconsin absentee ballot requirements. We will not know the true results of the election until only the legal ballots cast are counted."
President-Elect Joe Biden Won the State of Wisconsin and its 10 Electoral Votes by more than 20,500 Votes. In Dane County, Biden leads Trump by more than 181,000 Votes, and in Milwaukee County, the Biden is ahead by more than 182,000 Votes.
Reversing that lead would be nearly impossible, as even statewide recounts typically change voting totals by just hundreds of votes.
"They've actually limited their ability to potentially overcome the relatively large 20,000 vote margin, by looking at only a small portion of Wisconsin overall," CBS News Election Law Expert, David Becker said. "So it's almost impossible — even with a statewide recount — that they would be able to net even a tiny fraction of the 20,000 vote margin. And they're only looking at a small portion of Wisconsin, so the likelihood is even less. Their chances are about as close to zero as you can get."
To Retake the White House, Trump would need more than just the State of Wisconsin. An Audit and Recount in Georgia is Expected to Finish Today, and Biden is currently Leading by 12,781 votes.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission said that the COVID-19 Pandemic was making it More Expensive than Four years ago. Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin's Chief Election Official, said in a Statement that Election Officials had to "take into account factors not present four years ago, including the need for larger spaces to permit public observation and social distancing, security for those spaces, the higher number of absentee ballots, a compressed timeframe over a holiday, and renting high-speed ballot scanning equipment."
The Trump Campaign has been Fundraising Aggressively after the Election, Courting Big Bundlers on Weekly Campaign calls and Soliciting Online Donors for Contributions to its "Election Defense Fund." But the Small Print below the Solicitation indicates that Online Contributions of Less than $5,000 will Not be Spent on the Legal Fights over the Election and will instead Only Benefit Trump's New PAC, "Save America" and the Republican National Committee.
It's Unlikely the Partial Recount will Change the Election Results in Wisconsin. In 2016, Jill Stein paid $3.5 Million for a Recount in the State, and it Increased Trump's Margin of Victory over Hillary Clinton by 131 Votes, after he had won by 22,748 Votes. When Stein made her Request for the Recount, Trump called it a "Scam," noting that Secretary Hillary Clinton had already Conceded the Election.
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