Motions came poll books matching numbers from the general election to their ballot count of around 240,000. Time ticked away until mid afternoon until that was complete putting tabulators behind the daily goal. I would suspect that were not for today however i built out a timeline that gives us a potential full last day of no one scheduled. Late afternoon was dedicated to more of the same with absentee ballots. After well be opening ballot bags and starting the process there. A lengthy process but a necessary one to ensure every ballot will make it through this room with an recount. Theyll get it done, it done, they shifts if the official recount here in Waukesha County is now expected to start this evening with absentee ballots. They plan to call it quits for the day at midnight. Live in waukesha, ben todays tmj4. Wisconsin votes have to be certified by december 13th. The Electoral College meets and sends the votes to january 6th. Michigan was supposed to start . Its . Recount tomorro
Lightly by counties, they have 24 7 protection. It is about the integrity of the process. As Casey Geraldo explains. She joins us live. The security is so important here that part of the budget was timed from the Milwaukee County Sheriffs Office to have deputies here in and around the building. To some, this is the most critical part of the recount process. Theyre right to be able before they get counted, they must be protected. Ballots are stored in a separate room from where the recount is being conducted. We have a Deputy Sheriff stationed in that room, and only Election Officials are allowed in that room to get ballots. The deputies arent only in with the ballots. Milwaukee county clerk Joe Czarnecki knows of 6 in the building, 2 outside, and says the sheriff may have more with between election day and recount. Its protection of the process. The same reason why election observers, like these men, volunteered, just to watch. To give people a sense of confidence that the results are
Were near 30 all day. This morning is the upper 20s to lower 30s under a mostly cloudy sky and light breeze. Get used to the dreary clouds as this afternoon is mostly cloudy, breezy and chilly with highs in the mid to upper tonight is cloudy and chilly with lows in the 20s. New this morning Milwaukee Police are tracking down a shooter right now after sending a man to the hospital yesterday. It happened on 38th and locust. Police say robbery. The president ial recount is set to resume this morning in wisconsin. Things got off to a shaky start in Waukesha County. It took them more than 13 hours before counting got underway at 1030 pm. Thursday, workers were sorting and verifying ballots. If there is an issue on a ballot it goes before a 3panel board to vote. Then they decide if the ballot is valid. 20 48 28 we havent found any large issues but we small issue and since my job is to make sure things are happening the way they are supppse to be happening that means i am raising my hand to f
Of our kids. Reporter i spoke with a representative of milwaukee public schools. She says the school sent out a notification to parents today. Lauren, thank you. Today day two of the recount. A slow start rebounded in one day. The actual counting didnt start until late last night. They say theyre right on schedule as of we did get after lunch. Every since theyve been reading ballot after ballot. The process is moving faster, as we go. A much different sight from yesterday when the morning, afternoon, and much of the night was spent on prep work, matching numbers from the general election to their ballot count of around 240,000. It started out very slow. I think its going to pick up. As of friday afternoon, tabulators made their way around five municipalities with very weve done, we have a plus oneonone. Thanks to leaving cushion, county clerk Kathleen Novak said theyre in good shape for the deadline. We are going to make it. I dont have any concerns about that. 20 tabulators will be wo
Officer was justified. Two reports were released today, one from the district attorney, one from the Milwaukee Police department, plus of course as you just showed us, that dash camera video, the first time that we got to see what transpired between the officer and jay anderson. We will never be able to hear the audio because the dash camera does not record that. The officer says he found him in the park sleeping wn gun on the passenger seat. The officer says he told anderson to keep his hands up. In the video you see andersons hands raised. You can see in the video andersons hands drop once, raise back and get back down again. Thats when the officer opened fire. He shoots six times. Five times in the head, once in the shoulder. Ive watched that video at least 20 times, and i was able forwards, backwards, frame by frame. I could take as much time as i needed. The Police Officer had less than one second to make the decision. A trained Police Officer who reasonably believes there is an i