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Saucycarpdog

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Trump campaign requests partial Wisconsin recount, deposits $3 million to challenge Biden victory

Wisconsin is the latest state where President Trump is trying to undo a projected win for Joe Biden in the election.
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign on Wednesday said it will file for a partial recount in Wisconsin to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the state.

The campaign wired $3 million to Wisconsin election officials to cover the cost of the anticipated recount request.

Trump's campaign said in a statement that it will petition to recount the ballots in two heavily Democratic counties: Milwaukee, which includes the city of Milwaukee, and Dane, which contains the state's capital of Madison. The campaign claimed "illegal" voting activity was carried out by Wisconsin election officials, without providing evidence of any widespread problems that could upend Biden's more than 20,000-vote lead.
By requesting recounts solely in those two counties, the Trump campaign avoids paying an estimated $7.9 million that would have been required for a statewide recount. Trump also avoids recounting in the more than 60 counties in Wisconsin that he won, possibly reducing his ballot tally overall.
 

rpm

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El_TigroX

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Oct 27, 2017
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That's a damn shame that you can target recount like that...

They're going to see maybe a slight shift, and try to use that as a point that the whole state needs to be thrown out... when you would see his vote total shift up and down slightly throughout.
 

Joshua

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Oct 27, 2017
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The story here is that he only wants recounts where he lost and not where he won. How can Wisconsin not enforce an all or nothing approach with recounting?
 

PlanetSmasher

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Oct 25, 2017
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That's a damn shame that you can target recount like that...

They're going to see maybe a slight shift, and try to use that as a point that the whole state needs to be thrown out... when you would see his vote total shift up and down slightly throughout.

Honestly it probably won't even shift a net in his direction anyway. Recounts rarely change the total margin by much even if you recount an entire state.

This shit just exists to preserve his "he's FIGHTING IT" narrative. Even his lawyers know it won't change anything.
 

Feep

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Oct 25, 2017
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Congratulations to the state of Wisconsin for grifting idiots and getting some extra pocket change
 

Tom Nook

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Oct 25, 2017
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3 million can be used for his 2024 campaign, oh well.

dumbass.
 
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Greg NYC3

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Oct 26, 2017
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The goal of this "recount" isn't to find votes for Trump, it's to try to find votes to suppress from Biden. Fortunately Democratic reps and lawyers will be at every site to make sure that doesn't happen.
 

SpaceCrystal

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This is embarrassing. Even judges everywhere are getting fed up with his antics.

Trump's just so desperate to try to avoid prison.
 

Dyle

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What are we betting? I expect a change of no more than +150 votes for him.
 

Seven of Nine

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Oct 27, 2017
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Partial recount? So they can just target the counties that went heavily Democratic and apply a higher degree of scrutiny? This is bullshit.
 

entremet

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Oct 26, 2017
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Wisconsin making that paper lol. I seriously doubt it cost that much for a recount.
 

RailWays

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Didn't want to pony the money for a full recount, eh? They know it's going in the furnace regardless.
 

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I know these are all pointless exercises, but I really want this to be done. All it takes is one of these charades to show SOMETHING and that will give them an opening to prolong this even further.
 

Slayven

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Oct 25, 2017
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whats baked in is the racism. Only recounting where the blacks are
 

steejee

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Oct 28, 2017
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I find it extremely strange they permit targeted recounts like this...

Edit: Reading elsewhere that you can't change the overall vote with a targeted recount, you still have to request a statewide one if you want to change the outcome. So this sounds like a feeler to see if there's any hope in the statewide.
 
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RiOrius

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Oct 27, 2017
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By maintaining the charade, he can keep sending out emails asking for more donations to keep fighting the Biden crime family. Spend three million to make five million, and keep his image as a "fighter."

Because his supporters truly see this as perseverance and fortitude rather than a petulant tantrum and transparent chicanery.
 

THEVOID

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Oct 27, 2017
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I find it extremely strange they permit targeted recounts like this...

Edit: Reading elsewhere that you can't change the overall vote with a targeted recount, you still have to request a statewide one if you want to change the outcome. So this sounds like a feeler to see if there's any hope in the statewide.

That's great information, didn't know that.
 

Lobster Roll

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Sep 24, 2019
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This insistence to only recount counties across America that Trump lost will continue to bite them in the ass.
 

Greg NYC3

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Oct 26, 2017
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I find it extremely strange they permit targeted recounts like this...

Edit: Reading elsewhere that you can't change the overall vote with a targeted recount, you still have to request a statewide one if you want to change the outcome. So this sounds like a feeler to see if there's any hope in the statewide.
Trump is both insane and insanely racist so he really believes the only way he lost is because "the blacks" cheated him somehow.
 

Foltzie

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Oct 26, 2017
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Uh. Bush v Gore was literally about partial recounts using different standards.

This could get interesting (it won't).