City of Milwaukee defends its handling of absentee ballots amid criticism from Scott Walker
City of Milwaukee officials are defending their handling of more than 47,000 absentee ballots in Tuesday's midterm election following criticism from Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans.
City election officials turned over Milwaukee's absentee ballots for official verification after midnight. Those results — which included 38,674 votes for Democrat Tony Evers and 7,181 votes for Republican Gov. Scott Walker — helped give Democratic gubernatorial candidate his first comfortable lead over Walker.
Evers, the state schools chief, eventually edged Walker by about 31,000 votes.
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch raised the possibility of a recount early Wednesday when she took the stage at the Ingleside Hotel in Waukesha s the city's outstanding absentee ballots were being reported. She told the crowd that volunteers and donations would be needed for a likely recount.
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