Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee is recounting about 34,000 ballots due to human error
Workers count ballots at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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This piece originally appeared as part of NPR’s live coverage of the 2024 election. For more election coverage from the NPR Network head to our live updates page.
Officials in Milwaukee say they are re-tabulating around 34,000 ballots after a snafu with some of their machines.
Ann Jacobs, the chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, explained in a series of posts on X that the doors of the tabulator machines were not locked and sealed this morning as they should have been.
“Both political parties agree that nothing was wrong with the tabulation so far,” she added. “However, in the interest of transparency and so that people can have confidence in the tabulation, the decision was made to re-tabulate the ballots run through so far.”
That process will delay Milwaukee’s reporting, with Jacobs apologizing for what will be “a very late night” in the city.
But she said it was “absolutely the right decision” on the part of election officials, especially considering they did so before getting any results.
“NOBODY knows how the originally scanned ballots were voted,” she said.
MORE: Wisconsin election results
Jacobs also emphasized that there is nothing wrong with the tabulators themselves.
“They are going to, out of an abundance of caution, recount these 30,000 ballots there, but there has been no sign at all that that means the process is fraudulent or rigged or anything like that,” election security correspondent Miles Parks said on NPR’s special radio coverage.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R.-Wis., told NPR that he plans to visit Milwaukee Central Count to speak to poll workers and observers about the delay.
“A machine back popped open, they had to reset the counters and they’re counting over again,” he said. “Now they’re saying we’re not going to get the results until the wee hours of the morning.”
Wisconsin is one of a handful of key swing states that could help decide the election. It voted for Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.
Follow the latest from Milwaukee at WUWM.com.
Marvin Bynum, adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School, was named to BizTimes Milwaukee’s list of Notable Leaders in Law.
Bynum, shareholder and real estate attorney with Milwaukee-based Godfrey & Kahn, teaches a course on real estate transactions at Marquette. He has experience with a range of property types, from sports facilities to manufacturing plants and office spaces, and works to help clients navigate transactions including development, financing, leasing, acquisitions, dispositions and low-income housing tax credit-financed projects.
Notable Leaders in Law is part of BizTimes Milwaukee’s Notable series, which recognizes leaders in the southeastern Wisconsin business community.
Six alumni were also named to the list:
- Jim Brzezinski, managing partner and CEO of Tabak Law
- Adam R. Finkel, partner at Husch Blackwell
- Jeremy Guth, shareholder and attorney at O’Leary-Guth Law Office S.C.
- Keith Kopplin, shareholder at the Milwaukee office of Ogletree Deakins
- Isioma Nwabuzor, associate general counsel and assistant corporate secretary at Modine Manufacturing Co.
- Joe Pickart, partner at Husch Blackwell
Milwaukee Wave coach Marcio Leite 2025-26 team’s evolution in MASL
See first-year Milwaukee Wave head coach Marcio Leite discuss the roles of younger players and veterans as the 2025-26 MASL season begins.
The Milwaukee Wave had been in the awkward position of trying to sell tickets to the MASL championship series without knowing when it would actually host a game.
The questions were answered late April 19, when the San Diego Sockers beat the St. Louis Ambush in the other semifinal in overtime. Their series didn’t even start until four days after the Wave eliminated the Baltimore Blast with victories in a regulation Game 2 and knockout Game 3 at the UWM Panther Arena.
Now the finals are set for two of the most decorated teams in arena soccer.
The Wave will host Game 1 at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 and then the series will finish at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, with Game 2 at 9:30 p.m. April 24 and a potential Game 3 at 9 p.m. April 27.
Three versions of the Sockers have totaled 16 championships in various indoor league with the latest iteration founded in 2009 owning six of those. The Wave has seven.
First-year Wave head coach Marcio Leite has won titles with both franchises.
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on early Sunday morning on the 4900 block of W. Capitol Drive that left one person injured.
An 18-year-old sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
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The police is currently looking for an unknown suspect at this time.
Those with information regarding the shooting are encouraged to contact the Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or P3 Tips to remain anonymous.
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