Breaking: Trump to request *partial* recount in Wisconsin; Update: Dane and Milwaukee?
Ed Morrissey Posted at 10:55 am on November 18, 2020
Hope the checkbook is handy! Just getting in under the wire, Team Trump announced it would file for a recount in Wisconsin today. They’re not recounting the entire state, though:
John Roberts
@johnrobertsFox
BREAKING: The @realDonaldTrump Campaign will be filing for a recount in the state of Wisconsin today
9:11 AM · Nov 18, 2020
John Roberts
@johnrobertsFox
UPDATE TO BREAKING: The @realDonaldTrump WI recount request will NOT be statewide - it will be a PARTIAL recount in several key counties. No word on WHICH counties yet.
As the Associated Press reported this morning, the campaign had a 5 pm CT deadline today to make this decision. They also have to pony up nearly eight million dollars to fund it, or would have if they wanted to recount the whole state:
The totals submitted by all 72 counties to the state elections commission showed Trump with a roughly six-tenths of a point margin — close enough for Trump to file for a recount. Biden widened his lead over Trump by 62 votes compared with unofficial totals posted by the counties before they were certified.
Trump has until 5 p.m. Wednesday to file for a recount and pay for it. If he wants a statewide recount, he will have to pay $7.9 million up front. He can also request recounts only in certain counties, which would reduce the cost. A recount would have to start no later than Saturday and be done by Dec. 1.
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https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/11/18/breaking-trump-request-partial-recount-wisconsin/
