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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:52 AM Nov 2020

Observer removed after assaulting election official

SAT, NOV 21ST, 2020 BY JASON EASLEY

... “At least one Trump observer was escorted out of the building by sheriff’s deputies Saturday after pushing an election official who had lifted her coat from an observer chair. Another Trump observer was removed Friday for not wearing a face mask properly as required” ...

Earlier today, Trump campaign observers objected to every absentee ballot envelope from Ward 5 in the City of Milwaukee & every ballot cast in Ward 1.

Both are predominantly African American wards on the city's northwest side ...


https://www.politicususa.com/2020/11/21/wisconsin-recount-trump-assault.html
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Observer removed after assaulting election official (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2020 OP
Trump seeks to throw out tens of thousands of votes struggle4progress Nov 2020 #1
Just tell them you will just cancel the recount and certify the results world wide wally Nov 2020 #2
Trump objects to Wisconsin recount struggle4progress Nov 2020 #3
Ha.. they're their Own Worst Enemies Cha Nov 2020 #4
Those people are maniacs ailsagirl Nov 2020 #5
check out the tweets and reporting from this journalist orleans Nov 2020 #6

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
1. Trump seeks to throw out tens of thousands of votes
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:55 AM
Nov 2020

By Nora Eckert (Wisconsin Watch) and Anya van Wagtendonk (Wisconsin Watch) 9 hours ago

... “Over time and across the country, it has been rare for recounts to change margins by more than a few hundred votes, and 20,000 is virtually unprecedented,” according to Robert Yablon, who teaches election law at the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison.

“The recount request may be a prelude to more litigation in Wisconsin by the Trump campaign, but given where things currently stand, such litigation would have little chance of success” ...

https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2020/11/trump-wisconsin-recount-seeks-to-throw-out-tens-of-thousands-of-votes-in-democratic-strongholds/

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
3. Trump objects to Wisconsin recount
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:58 AM
Nov 2020

... Trump’s three objections attempting to discard the ballots were denied by the three-member Dane County Board of Canvassers, twice on bipartisan votes. Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said he expected the campaign was building a record before filing a lawsuit ...

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/trump-objects-to-wisconsin-recount-174059

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