Wisconsin Officials Order Vote Recount Sought by Trump
- Biden carried battleground state by more than 20,000 votes
- Recounts historically shifted only hundreds of votes
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission approved an order for a partial recount of the presidential vote that was requested by President Donald Trump’s campaign in his long-shot bid to overturn the result in a key swing state that helped give President-elect Joe Biden his victory earlier this month.
The campaign filed petitions Wednesday morning for recounts in two heavily Democratic counties: Milwaukee and Dane, which includes the city of Madison. The two counties also account for a majority of Wisconsin’s Black population.