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Trump strategy for court challenges seen in Dane and Milwaukee County ballot recounts – Chippewa Valley Post
By Nora Eckert and Anya van Wagtendonk, Wisconsin Watch It may feel like 2016 all over again for some Wisconsin election officials: a presidential contender wins by about 20,000 votes, there is a nearly even partisan divide and – with Thanksgiving around the corner – workers are beginning a recount. But this recount differs in one key respect. President Donald Trump’s campaign is looking for more than just an accurate count of votes in this $3 million effort it funded. Its primary aim is to separate out and invalidate tens of thousands of ballots in two heavily Democratic counties that the Trump campaign claims were cast illegally — but in accordance with long-standing practice in Wisconsin. One election law expert sees this as a prelude to a court challenge by the Trump campaign but doubts it will succeed. To read more of this analysis, please click on the headline.
Andrew Janssen