President Donald Trump claims widespread fraud in states including Wisconsin. Elections officials say numerous safeguards make that nearly impossible.
Category: Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin is a series by Wisconsin Watch staff, media partners and a University of Wisconsin-Madison investigative journalism class. The project is examining voting security, suppression and disinformation aimed at voters in Wisconsin — a crucial state that could determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. The investigative reporting class is led by Dee J. Hall, managing editor for Wisconsin Watch.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Misplaced Milwaukee flash drive morphs into false charges of vote fraud
Milwaukee’s head of elections says the flash drive with absentee vote totals was always in the custody of election authorities or the police.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
‘Proud of my city’: Turnout down, but Milwaukee’s Black voters leapt hurdles to vote
Despite smaller turnout, activists see hopeful signs of determination as voters cast ballots amid a pandemic and barriers to get-out-the-vote efforts.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Jubilation and outrage: How Wisconsinites reacted to news of Joe Biden’s presidential victory
On November 7, as media organizations announced that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, were the winners of the 2020 election, Wisconsinites gathered together to both celebrate and lament the results. In Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin Watch staff captured scenes of both jubilation and solemn resolve.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Falsehoods about Wisconsin’s vote count are flying. Here’s the truth.
Supporters of President Donald Trump falsely suggested fraud after votes shifted to former Vice President Joe Biden.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Wisconsin votes: Portraits from the polls
As Wisconsin voters cast their ballots for president and a host of other races on Nov. 3, Wisconsin Watch photographers visited polling places, too: to capture the faces of the electorate in Madison and Milwaukee.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Scenes and dispatches as Wisconsin went to the polls on Nov. 3
Wisconsin voters headed to the polls today to help pick the country’s next president — and weigh in on state and local races, capping an extraordinary election transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Braving a pandemic, Wisconsinites vote for president — and the future of the nation
Voters in this crucial swing state set aside fears of infection and possible intimidation as they headed to the polls Tuesday.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
What is voter intimidation? In Wisconsin, it’s a felony.
Nora Eckert from Wisconsin Watch spoke to Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul about the state law that bars voter intimidation, what to watch for when it comes to election observers and reports about possible militia activity on Election Day.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Masks, poll watchers, pandemic: Wisconsin prepares for Election Day
Election officials say they expect a smooth day of voting Tuesday, but they remain on the lookout for disruptions and intimidation.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Ballot drop boxes offer ‘a safe place’ for voting in Wisconsin’s election
Among the changes making voting safer during the COVID-19 pandemic: absentee ballot drop boxes installed by local clerks around the state.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Search for a ballot drop box in your community using this tool
With Election Day just days away, voters are being urged to deposit their absentee ballots in one of the over 500 secure drop boxes across the state. Ballots deposited in these boxes go directly to election officials without risk of delay.