Milwaukee, USA will recount 30,000 absentee ballots

The city of Milwaukee in Wisconsin, USA will recount approximately 30,000 absentee ballots due to the discovery that a ballot counting machine's door was not fully closed. A city government spokesperson stated that in order to ensure accuracy, it was decided to rerun the ballots after discussions with election officials and lawyers. All voting machines will be reset and the ballots re-entered into the machines, which may add several hours to the counting time. However, there is no need for reprocessing of ballots and envelopes. The issue was caused by human error and no tampering has been detected. Officials emphasized that the purpose of recounting is to ensure the accuracy of election results.