Wisconsin s auditor has been directed to examine a host of issues related to voting in 2020. Republicans in tossup Wisconsin order wholesale audit of its 2020 election
The second-guessing has not ended about the integrity of the vote in Wisconsin, where President Biden secured one of his narrowest victories last fall.
Republicans in charge at the state capital ordered the Legislature s auditing arm on Thursday to begin a comprehensive, monthslong review of almost the entire election system.
Democrats voted against the review as totally unnecessary, noting how Donald Trump s loss of the state albeit by fewer than 21,000 votes out of 3.2 million cast had been affirmed after a partial recount and following the flat-out rejection of an array of lawsuits alleging wrongdoing from Trump and his allies.
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Republican legislators have ordered an audit after the Wisconsin presidential election results. Trump narrowly lost to Biden in the state, and all of his lawsuits were rejected.
âWeâve given him a broad brush,â said audit committee co-chair Rep. Samantha Kerkman, R-Salem.
During the audit committee meeting legislators peppered both Chrisman and WEC administrator Meagan Wolfe with questions about the election. Once completed in the fall, the audit could provide lawmakers ideas on how to improve election administration in Wisconsin, or clarify murky areas in state election law.
Republicans said they hope the audit will help increase public confidence in a presidential election that suffered widespread doubt about its integrity. Those doubts were fueled by false and misleading claims about election fraud pushed by former President Donald Trump and other Republican lawmakers.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Republican state lawmakers ordered an audit of Wisconsin’s election on Thursday, three months after Donald Trump’s narrow loss that w