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Election officials from around Dane County bring ballots in, Thursday, Nov., 19, 2020 to the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis. for the recount that begins Friday. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
In Wisconsin, long shot recount may just be prelude to court

By Michael Tarm And Scott Bauer Nov. 19, 2020 07:01 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, workers count Milwaukee County ballots on Election Day at Central Count in Milwaukee. President Donald Trump's campaign has paid $3 million for a recount of two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties, saying Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, that they were the site of the "worst irregularities" although no evidence of wrongdoing has been presented and state elections officials have said there was none. (AP Photo/Morry Gash File)
Trump pursues recount of 2 liberal Wisconsin counties

By Scott Bauer Nov. 18, 2020 12:07 PM EST

Wisconsin presidential recount would cost Trump $7.9 million

By Scott Bauer Nov. 16, 2020 04:00 PM EST
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results in Wisconsin showing him losing...

Wisconsin elections head says still no evidence of fraud

By Scott Bauer Nov. 12, 2020 03:52 PM EST
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There remained no evidence of any wrongdoing, fraud or irregularity in Wisconsin's presidential election on Thursday, as counties worked...

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 09:00 AM EST
The Detroit News. Nov. 4 Editorial: GOP keeps a key bulwark The anticipated “blue wave” Tuesday didn’t sweep as many...

Poll workers sort out early and absentee ballots at the Kenosha Municipal building on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Biden narrowly wins Wisconsin; Trump to call for a recount

By Scott Bauer Nov. 04, 2020 04:18 AM EST

FILE - In this April 8, 2020 file photo, a City of Milwaukee Election Commission worker processes and sorts absentee ballots for Wisconsin's primary election, in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered no absentee ballots to be mailed until it gives the go-ahead or makes any future ruling about who should be on the ballot in the battleground state on Thursday, Sept. 10 2020. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)
Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Green bid for ballot access

By Scott Bauer Sep. 14, 2020 06:10 PM EDT

Judge: Kanye West stays off ballot in battleground Wisconsin

By Scott Bauer Sep. 11, 2020 10:44 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West does not qualify to be on the presidential ballot in battleground Wisconsin after missing a filing deadline, a judge...

Wisconsin court sets up possible delay in absentee mailing

By Scott Bauer Sep. 10, 2020 03:26 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a halt in the mailing of absentee ballots until it gives the go...

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, file photo, Kanye West answers questions during a service at Lakewood Church, in Houston. Staff for the Wisconsin Elections Commission are recommending that rapper Kanye West be kept off the battleground state's presidential ballot in November 2020 because he missed a deadline to submit nomination papers. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)
Wisconsin election officials: Kanye off presidential ballot

By Todd Richmond Aug. 20, 2020 09:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo from left, Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate in Charleston, S.C. Calls for pragmatic centrism helped Joe Biden clinch the Democratic presidential nomination. But they left many of the party’s strongest liberals worried that little progress would be made toward their sweeping goals. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Biden aims to move left without abandoning centrist roots

By Will Weissert And Bill Barrow May. 25, 2020 12:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo Rep. Justin Amash, I-Cascade Township, holds a constituent meeting at Rising Grinds Cafe, in Grand Rapids, Mich. The first major third-party candidate is emerging in the contest between President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Amash wants to seek the White House as a Libertarian after switching from Republican to independent last July 4 and voting in favor of Trump’s impeachment. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Spoiler? Amash's 3rd-party presidential bid raises concerns

By Will Weissert Apr. 30, 2020 12:10 AM EDT