{"id":34477,"date":"2020-11-04T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=34477"},"modified":"2020-11-04T14:51:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:51:02","slug":"trump-demands-wisconsin-recount-michigans-vote-is-all-skewed-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=34477","title":{"rendered":"Trump Demands Wisconsin Recount, Michigan&#8217;s Vote Is All Skewed Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Where The Vote Stands: Trump Demands Wisconsin Recount As Michigan Reviews Votes On &#8220;Skewed Results&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update 1250ET:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0President Trump&#8217;s campaign manager Bill Stepien has issued a statement confirming they will demand a recount in Wisconsin:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Despite ridiculous public polling used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been a razor thin race as we always knew that it would be. There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results.\u00a0<strong>The President is well within the threshold to request a recount and we will immediately do so.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On top of that,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/michigan-county-to-review-ballots-following-report-of-skewed-results_3565412.html?utm_source=newsnoe&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=breaking-2020-11-04-2\"><strong>a\u00a0county in the battleground state of Michigan is reviewing the Election Day vote count after the clerk \u201cbecame aware of apparently skewed results.\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy learned of the skewed results in unofficial tabulations, the county said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<p>Since then, her office has been reviewing the results \u201cand the multiple redundancies to search out any possible discrepancies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBy this afternoon, we expect to have a clear answer and a clear plan of action addressing any issue,\u201d Guy said in a statement. \u201cUntil then, we are asking all interested parties to bear with us while we get to the bottom of this.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>State Rep. Triston Cole, a Republican, told a local radio station that the results were suspect.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cThere is no way that we flipped from 62 percent Trump in 2016 to upside-down this time around,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg?itok=hDGzgt8q\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg?itok=hDGzgt8q\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg?itok=3aF4HKUI 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg?itok=3aF4HKUI 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg?itok=3aF4HKUI 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg?itok=3aF4HKUI 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg?itok=3aF4HKUI 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg?itok=hDGzgt8q 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-11-04_10-13-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"98054b09-0528-49dc-8264-e35446054324\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marklevinshow\/status\/1324042275446497280?s=20\"><strong>Mark Levin is enraged<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by what is occurring right in front of our eyes&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>1. I thought about waiting until my radio show to state this, but it must be said now:<\/p>\n<p>All night and this morning, the media are playing with the electoral map and their declarations of who won what states, and in virtually every case it assists the Biden campaign.<\/p>\n<p>2. North Carolina, Georgia, Alaska should all be called now for President Trump.\u00a0 There was no legitimate reason to call Arizona early for Biden with so much of the vote out.\u00a0 There was no reason to sit on Florida and Ohio for hours when those outcomes were quite clear.<\/p>\n<p>3. The purpose is to make it appear that the President is not close to the 270 electoral vote number to win the presidency and to make it appear that the President was never going to be re-elected.<\/p>\n<p>4. And you can see all the delays through the night and beyond, waiting for mail-in votes &#8212; Philadelphia, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Detroit, etc.\u00a0 This is followed by commentators telling us that there&#8217;s nothing unusual about all of this.\u00a0 Delays in counting votes happens all the time<\/p>\n<p>5. Really, we&#8217;ve experienced this before?\u00a0 In all these states?\u00a0 Nonsense.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the Democrats have been litigating in states for months to change existing election laws to help Biden and the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>6. They set in place the mail-in voting chaos, some states literally a few months ago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This will not end well, or peacefully, unless full transparency is granted.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fox News&#8217;s decision desk is reportedly &#8220;leaning towards&#8221; calling Nevada for Biden, as more votes trickle in, which could be a disaster for Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1324053503342338048&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fwhere-vote-stands-each-key-undecided-state&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1324053503342338048\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>To be sure, tens of thousands of votes still haven&#8217;t been counted.<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update (1145ET):<\/strong>\u00a0Wisconsin has officially been called for Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1324026497536004098&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fwhere-vote-stands-each-key-undecided-state&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1324026497536004098\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Arizona, which Fox News called for Biden last night, might be back in play.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Now that the &#8216;Blue Wave&#8217; has been thwarted, and Democrats look to return in the next Congress with an even weaker hand in the House, (not to mention smaller-than-expected gains in the Senate), both team Biden and the Trump Campaign are claiming victory, as Americans wait for the final vote tallies from a handful of swing states that could once again decide the election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg?itok=s77pyvSN\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg?itok=s77pyvSN\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg?itok=sM9hRAnV 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg?itok=sM9hRAnV 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg?itok=sM9hRAnV 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg?itok=sM9hRAnV 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg?itok=sM9hRAnV 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg?itok=s77pyvSN 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/TRUMP1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"319\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"aea3f88f-8387-4253-9638-a5a78507d3f5\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden has reportedly managed to &#8216;flip&#8217; Arizona, and while Wisconsin and Michigan are currently leaning Democratic, North Carolina, Georgia and PA (perhaps the most important state of them all) are still leaning red.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png?itok=OXl3_U4J\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png?itok=OXl3_U4J\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png?itok=PJk1W2q4 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png?itok=PJk1W2q4 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png?itok=PJk1W2q4 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png?itok=PJk1W2q4 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png?itok=PJk1W2q4 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png?itok=OXl3_U4J 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/TRUMPMAP.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"214\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"064fdfb4-3795-4ae5-92d2-060c823b122a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As both sides lawyer up, here&#8217;s the current state of play in the US, along with a rundown of when Americans and the rest of the world can expect the final results, depending on a number of scenarios.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Pennsylvania:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania was long expected to be under scrutiny in a close race, with both campaigns aggressively courting voters in the final days before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump led Biden by about 657,000 votes as of 9 a.m., but there were at least 1.4 million uncounted mail-in and absentee ballots that will determine the outcome, according to the Department of State.<\/p>\n<p>The department reported almost 1.1 million mail ballots were counted statewide, with 77% for Biden and 22% for Trump. By contrast, there were 3.9 million votes cast on Election Day, with 66% for Trump and 33% for Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania has tallied 44% of mail-in ballots across the commonwealth, according to a department dashboard. The outstanding ballots are expected to favor Biden because Democrats dominated the requests. Of the 2.55 million ballots reported returned as of Tuesday, registered Democrats accounted for 65% and Republicans 24%, data show.<\/p>\n<p>In Philadelphia, the commonwealth\u2019s most populous county where 76% of registered voters are Democrats, 141,523 of an expected 350,000 to 400,000 mail-in ballots have been reported counted as the processing and counting continues. Allegheny County, the second most-populous, is reporting about half of its almost 350,000 mail-in ballots counted, according to the dashboard. Bottom Line: Philadelphia is expected to report additional mail-in votes on Wednesday morning. State officials say a final result should be ready \u201cwithin days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Wisconsin:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Biden had a small lead in Wisconsin, which has 10 electoral votes, after several metropolitan areas submitted their absentee ballot counts early Wednesday morning, overturning the lead that Trump had maintained since the polls closed at 8 p.m. By late in the morning, the Biden campaign was calling it for Joe after state officials said all votes had been counted.<\/p>\n<p>Although Biden was ahead by almost 21,000 votes as of 8:40 a.m. local time, no major network had yet called the state. With the two candidates within a percentage point of each other, the loser when the final precinct\u2019s numbers are in has the right to request a recount. Meanwhile, the state\u2019s election commission said that clerks will be randomly selecting 5% of reporting units for voting-equipment audits. The process for official certification of results doesn\u2019t start until Nov. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom Line: Biden is penciling in a win, but the state is still in play as of late Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Michigan<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Michigan &#8212; a state Trump narrowly won in 2016 &#8212; expects to complete most of its ballot counting by the end of the day, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told CNN Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Ballots from Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Warren and Sterling Heights were still being recorded. The state likely won\u2019t have final results until later in the day because Detroit is the largest precinct and had a record turnout this year, with a large swath of absentee ballots that take longer to count than in-person votes.<\/p>\n<p>Benson, who has scheduled an update on the counting process later Wednesday morning, did say that other Michigan counties will be reporting in the coming hours, which could give election watchers an idea of where the state is headed. Biden started pulling ahead Wednesday morning as more absentee ballots were tabulated.<\/p>\n<p>Benson said that 3.3 million absentee ballots have been received and are being tabulated and another 2 million to 2.5 million voted at the polls Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll know much more in the hours to come and we\u2019ll have a much more complete picture of Michigan later today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom Line: State election officials said Wednesday morning that an &#8216;unofficial&#8217; result should be known by Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Georgia<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>All but one of Georgia\u2019s counties had completely reported vote totals as of Wednesday morning. But in Fulton County, which includes most of the Democratic stronghold of Atlanta, only about 77% of the estimated vote has been counted.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton, the largest county in Georgia, suffered a setback earlier Tuesday in counting mail-in ballots, after a water leak forced officials to stop tallying and tens of thousands of ballots were left uncounted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump led Biden by about 102,000 votes on Wednesday morning, though the remaining ballots are likely to break heavily for Biden. As of late Wednesday morning, 200k votes were left to be counted.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom Line: Georgia expects all votes to be counted by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>North Carolina<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina\u2019s race was tight on Wednesday morning, with Trump leading by about 77,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>About 62% of the state\u2019s voters cast ballots before Election Day. More registered Democrats voted early than Republicans, but one-third of the electorate is unaffiliated with either major party.<\/p>\n<p>The state Board of Elections said that 100% of precincts have reported Election Day votes, but that the state still had to count about 25% of the total ballots cast, or roughly 1.9 million votes.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats took some solace in Governor Roy Cooper winning re-election, but it\u2019s not clear if that\u2019s a signal Biden can flip the traditionally Republican state.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom Line: The state has as long as nine days to count mail-in ballots sent before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Nevada<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>A final count in Nevada isn\u2019t expected for several days as it awaits ballots mailed as late as Election Day to arrive, though it isn\u2019t clear how many people waited that long to vote. With about 82% of votes counted, Biden was holding a lead of less than one percentage point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClerks have until Nov. 10 to receive mail ballots and until Nov. 12 to count them,\u201d said Jennifer Russell, a spokeswoman for Nevada\u2019s secretary of state. Bottom Line: The state began posting partial results late Tuesday, with Biden holding a slim lead over Trump. That count, which included early and Election Day voting, will continue to trickle in on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/where-vote-stands-each-key-undecided-state\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/where-vote-stands-each-key-undecided-state<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where The Vote Stands: Trump Demands Wisconsin Recount As Michigan Reviews Votes On &#8220;Skewed Results&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}