We begin this morning with the Hillary Clinton has cut into Donald Trumps lead by 1 vote thanks to results in menominee county, who finished their recount last night. Here in Milwaukee County, it was a slow start. After day 1 almost no problems are found with the ballots. Ben handelman has more it was not a speedy kick off. We got off to a slower start than we anticipated. In milwaukee, at the request of the green party each and every ballot machine was tested taking extra hours. Eventually recount few problems. In brown deer, it was discovered one person sent in two absentee ballots. In Milwaukee County some ballots rejected. There have been a couple that have been rejected because they were improperly filed. 8 to be exact. The first municipality to finish their recount in Milwaukee County, the tiny village of river hills. The numbers there matching perfectly with election day results. Onlookers include representatives from the clinton, green, and trump campaigns. I dont know if they
Traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays Election Officials in Milwaukee County hope to make up lost time in the recount today. The first ballots from the city of milwaukee werent counted for more than three hours thursday. Deandra corinthios is live from the Election Commission warehouse in Milwaukee County, a petition by the green party to test every voting machine slowed the process. Once on track almost no problems with ballots were found. In the city of milwaukee, workers recounted 30thousand ballots and found one or two errors. In the suburbs, the Election Commission tossed out eight ballots after finding errors. That means the most the margin could have changed so far is eight. Far from the 22,177 that president elect donald trump won by. This all came after all machines were tested. A jill stein supporter objected to the Election Commissioners decision to only publicly test two of the Voting Machines being used in the recount com
Anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays the counting continues today ballots go under the microscope for the second straight day. And the clock is ticking. For Election Officials to get the job done. We have Team Coverage this morning. Angelica is in the newsroom following the late night count going on in waukehsa county. But first we start with Deandra Corinthios live from the Milwaukee Election Commission warehouse where things will pick back up in an hour. Ballot counting begins at 8 am 8 absentee ballots in Milwaukee County had thursday elections commissioners decided to publicly test only two of the 30 Voting Machines being used in the recount. But a supporter of Green Party Candidate jill stein objected. Milwaukee county commissioners then decided to test all 30. One of them was broken, and had to be fixed thats why they didnt start counting votes until three hours past the original start time. The fir
A slow start in some locations. And the clock is ticking. For Election Officials to get the job done. Our Deandra Corinthios has more from the Elections Commission warehouse. Ballot counting begins at 8 am 8 absentee ballots in Milwaukee County were rejected due to errors. And. One of the Voting Machines had to be fixed. Thursday Elections Commissioners decided to publicly test only two of the 30 Voting Machines being Green Party Candidate jill stein objected. Milwaukee county commissioners then decided to test all 30. One of them was broken, and had to be fixed thats why they didnt start counting votes until three hours past the original start time. The first city of milwaukee ballots finally got fed through the machines just after noon. Suburban ballots, two hours later. Besides 130 inspectors, representatives from the republican, democratic and green parties were also here to challenge questionable ballots. There improperly filed Hillary Clinton trails donald trump by over 22,000 vo
Happening in milwaukee workers continuing the recount effort. It is day two of wisconsins president ial recount. Justin williams is live where that effort is underway in milwaukee. Justin . Francis are among the newcomers, today, as day two begets more bickering over ballots, during the continuing recount effort, in Milwaukee County. Friday, dozens of volunteers take a tally of Milwaukee Countys contribution to the 2016 president ial campaign, as recounted. Milwaukee county clerk, joe czarnezki, explains, the Morning Hours are dedicated to verifying absentee ballots, which can be contentious, at times, while the afternoon, involves counting ballots. Czarnezki also addresses the lingering threat of a federal lawsuit, potentially, putting this process onhold. The Wisconsin Election Commission has informed us that, unless we hear otherwise, from a judge, we need to keep counting, and were gonna keep counting. Worked, until a little after 9 pm, thursday, but he does not expect them to be h