Wisconsin Election Officials Continue to Stress There is No Evidence of Widespread Fraud or Voting Irregularities in the State

Thursday, November 12th, 2020 -- 9:06 AM

(AP) -Republicans are grasping for ways to reverse Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin over President Donald Trump, despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud or voting irregularities in the state.

Instead, GOP officials are latching on to minor issues and providing no evidence that any of the problems affected the overall outcome of the election. Instead the effort appears aimed at sowing doubt in the election results among Trump supporters ahead of a possible recount.  The latest claim seeking to shift votes in Trump’s favor focuses on Rock County.  Biden won the county by more than 9,500 votes. But near midnight on Election Day, the totals in that county as reported by The Associated Press were reversed to incorrectly show Trump ahead. The AP quickly corrected the error, some 13 hours before the cooperative ultimately called the state for Biden.  Overall, Biden beat Trump by more than 20,000 votes in Wisconsin, a 0.63-percentage-point win that will be difficult to overturn in a recount.

Trump gained just 131 votes in a 2016 presidential recount.  There have been no confirmed reports of illegal voting, and the state’s top elections official, Meagan Wolfe, has said repeatedly that there were no problems with the election reported to her office and no complaints filed alleging any irregularities.  But as Wisconsin counties work to certify results of the election, Republicans have sought to sow doubts about the integrity of the election, despite little or no evidence to back up their claims.

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