Milwaukee forced to recount 30,000 ballots due to tabulation error
Nov 05, 2024
MILWAUKEE Milwaukee elections officials are recounting approximately 31,000 ballots due to a tabulation error.Several hours after starting to count absentee ballots at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday morning, officials at Milwaukee's Central Count discovered there was an issue with the sealing of the tabulation machines.All 13 of the machines involved are currently being reset out of an overabundance of caution.When the machines are reset, all 31,000 ballots will be re-run through the machines.Watch: Jenna Rae explains why Milwaukee must recount approximately 30,000 ballots: Absentee ballots being recounted at Central Count due to tabulator issueElection officials say this will delay complete election results in Milwaukee by a couple of hours.Milwaukee Elections Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez is expected to provide an update to the media soon on this situation.We will be updating this story with more details as we get them.