Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will re-tabulate roughly 30,000 absentee ballots after finding that their tabulation machines were not properly closed, city officials told reporters hours before the polls were set to close on Nov. 5.
City spokesperson Jeff Fleming said that officials do not believe that the voting equipment was “tampered with in any way.” Nonetheless, they will err on the side of caution and start the process again.
“There have been extensive discussions with election officials here in consultation with people in Madison and our attorneys, and they said, let’s make sure there’s absolutely no question, and so that part of the process will be redone,” Fleming said….