Milwaukee is the fourth of the so-called WI-5 cities to be accused of election law violations. Pictured: An election official stands by Nov. 20 during a recount of ballots from the Nov. 3 election at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee.
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MADISON, Wis. The city of Milwaukee allowed liberal, third-party groups funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to set the rules and help administer November’s presidential election, according to a complaint filed on behalf of five residents by an election watchdog.
Milwaukee, with the complaint filed by the Amistad Project, became the fourth of the so-called WI-5 cities to be accused of election law violations under state law and the U.S. Constitution as more details emerge about the five cities’ partnerships with “safe elections” groups.
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The 27 potential cases are far below the unsubstantiated accusations made by former President Donald Trump and his supporters of widespread fraud and abuse in the election.
Wisconsin election officials identified just 27 potential cases of voter fraud out of 3.3 million ballots cast in the November presidential election and forwarded them to local district attorneys for possible prosecution, based on documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press under the state s open records law.
More than half of the cases came in a single city, where 16 people had registered with their mailing address at a UPS store, rather than their residence as required by law.
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MADISON - Election officials in Wisconsin referred more than 40 instances of suspected voter fraud to prosecutors since August a tiny fraction of votes cast in the fall and spring, according to a draft report released Monday.
More than half the cases occurred in La Crosse, where election officials found 22 people had registered to vote using the address of a UPS Store instead of their homes.
In all, the state Elections Commission identified 41 instances in which municipal clerks alerted district attorneys they suspected voter fraud. They included cases of felons voting, people voting twice and people voting in the wrong municipality.