About 31,000 absentee ballots need to be retabulated at the city of Milwaukee’s central count at the Baird Center. City officials said the doors for 13 tabulator machines were not closed properly.A city spokesperson said each machine has a door that should’ve been locked and sealed. Some doors weren’t fully secured by senior election officials.”We are going to zero them all out again, 13 machines around, and then rerun the ballots that had already been processed,” said Jeff Fleming of the Milwaukee mayor’s office. “It is going to extend the time that we will get the totals. We don’t know how much longer.” Fleming said it was a human error.”We don’t want any questions about the accuracy about the results,” said Fleming. “We’re going to make sure that they are run correctly.”The decision to rerun the ballots was made in consultation with both the Republican and Democratic officials, according to a city spokesperson.The spokesperson said the City of Milwaukee has no doubt regarding the integrity of the election.City officials said they began counting ballots at the Baird Center just before 9 a.m.The central count location at the Baird Center is processing around 106,000 absentee ballots.
About 31,000 absentee ballots need to be retabulated at the city of Milwaukee’s central count at the Baird Center.
City officials said the doors for 13 tabulator machines were not closed properly.
A city spokesperson said each machine has a door that should’ve been locked and sealed. Some doors weren’t fully secured by senior election officials.
“We are going to zero them all out again, 13 machines around, and then rerun the ballots that had already been processed,” said Jeff Fleming of the Milwaukee mayor’s office. “It is going to extend the time that we will get the totals. We don’t know how much longer.”
Fleming said it was a human error.
“We don’t want any questions about the accuracy about the results,” said Fleming. “We’re going to make sure that they are run correctly.”
The decision to rerun the ballots was made in consultation with both the Republican and Democratic officials, according to a city spokesperson.
The spokesperson said the City of Milwaukee has no doubt regarding the integrity of the election.
City officials said they began counting ballots at the Baird Center just before 9 a.m.
The central count location at the Baird Center is processing around 106,000 absentee ballots.
