Milwaukee’s Milwaukee Election Commission is reportedly in receipt of 100,000 absentee ballots.
The Milwaukee Election Commission has received more than 100,000 absentee ballots in this election.
Milwaukee Co. GOP Chair @HilarioDeleon12 is there and told @TajmaHallTV he doesn’t think there was anything “nefarious” that happened
— A.J. Bayatpour (@AJBayatpour) November 5, 2024
This same jurisdiction saw many absentee ballots arriving suddenly in the 2020 election.
From 3:26 to 3:44 a.m. in the Associated Press election reporting stream, the vote for former Vice President Joe Biden jumped by 149,520 (9.2% of Biden’s total votes) and Trump’s vote jumped by 31,803 votes (2% of his total votes). Milwaukee County accounted for most but not all of that jump.
These votes were all reported together because Milwaukee and 38 other communities used a central count location. Other communities counted absentee ballots at the polling places, and reported them along with their in-person vote totals.
See Related: Wisconsin Election Preview: Will the Badger State Turn Red?
Wisconsin was the source of a lot of contention in the 2020 election, but the Republican National Committee has been scrutinizing the progress in the Badger State very closely on this go-around.
Previously on RedState: Republican National Committee Sues Milwaukee Over Poll Watchers
Milwaukee Agrees to Address RNC Concerns About Poll Watcher Access
RNC Hammers Milwaukee Over ‘Insecure’ Ballot Counting, Delays in Vote Counting
As of this writing, polls in Wisconsin have been closed for less than ten minutes. Stay tuned, as results will start to be reported very soon, and we will bring you updates as they happen.
