As recount continues, group sues to stop Wisconsin from certifying its results and 386 unopened absentee ballots are found

Milwaukee Journal ^ | November 25, 2020 | Mary Spicuzza, et al.

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As Trump mulls using the recount to launch a lawsuit, the group of voters asked the state Supreme Court to bar the Wisconsin Elections Commission from certifying the state's results. The Wisconsin Voters Alliance wants the court to allow lawmakers to decide how to cast the state's electoral votes instead.

In September, the group sued in federal court over $6.3 million in grants the Center for Tech and Civic Life gave to Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine and Kenosha to help them run their elections. The center is funded by $350 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.

The group contended the heavily Democratic cities didn't have the authority to spend that money, but U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ruled against them in October. An appeals court ruled against the group as well.

On Tuesday, the group took its arguments to the state Supreme Court, where conservatives hold a 4-3 majority.

The group contended state and federal law don't allow cities to accept private donations to run their elections. Additionally, it sought to advance claims made by Trump's legal team that officials improperly administered the election.

Late Tuesday, the county's Board of Canvassers was reviewing challenge from Trump's campaign to the "Democracy in the Park" events Madison held this fall.

At those events, poll workers fanned out across more than 200 parks to accept absentee ballots that voters had received by mail. They also served as witnesses for absentee voters who needed them.

Election officials have said the program was allowed by state law, saying the poll workers served largely the same function as ballot drop boxes. Republicans have alleged the events amounted to a form of in-person, early voting before the state’s early-voting period began.

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Things are heating up in America's Dairyland.

[proud American in Canada]

That’s great to see.

I hope my sister’s vote turns out to be in the minority.