VOTE counting in a crucial swing state has been delayed after security concerns.
Election officials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are recounting more than 30,000 absentee ballots following revelations the ballot tabulators weren’t properly sealed.
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Firefighters have been called in to help with the recount in the crucial swing state both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be desperate to win this election.
There is no estimate for how long the delay for the recount will be.
The votes were recounted “out of an abundance of caution,” said Melissa Howard, spokesperson for the Milwaukee Election Commission.
She added that there was no reason to believe any of the ballots already counted had been tampered with.
Howard said the ballots were being recounted to ensure the process was “completely, fully transparent.”
It follows further voter chaos after multiple precincts in Massachusetts reportedly ran out of ballots.
The group Lawyers for Civil Rights warned that precincts in Boston were waiting for new ballots.
In some locations, ballots were replenished, but only after wait times of up to two hours.
It follows a series of bomb threats at polling places which have brought delays to vote counting in counties across the country.
In DeKalb County, Georgia, a judge ordered precincts to extend voting hours following threats which caused disruptions in the deeply blue county.
A bomb threat in Center County, Pennsylvania also led to an evacuation of a polling building, holding up the recount in the crucial swing state.
In La Paz County, Arizona, an elections office was evacuated after two local officials received a bomb threat.
Also in Arizona, a judge ordered polling places to remain open for two extra hours in nine precincts in Apache County in the east of the state.
The decision by Apache County Superior Court Judge Michael Latham followed a lawsuit from the Navajo Nation after a series of issues faced by voters.
Bomb threats at schools in neighboring Navajo County, Arizona, including at least three polling sites, forced some to close momentarily and one to evacuate and send students home for the day.
Authorities deemed the threats were non-credible.
Another bomb threat in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was deemed non-credible.
There have also been issues with some of the technology used to count votes.
In Gwinnett County, Georgia, a fault with the adjudication software meant that some 72,000 votes have still not been counted.
A Pennsylvania judge granted a petition in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania to extend voting after a bomb threat targeted an administrative building where votes were being counted.
It comes as…
- Donald Trump has won the presidential election in West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky, according to the AP.
- Kamala Harris has won the election in Vermont, according to the AP.
- Early exit polls revealed voters are concerned with democracy and the economy.
- Trump expressed confidence in his campaign, calling it the “best” of the three.
- Tech billionaire Elon Musk will reportedly join Trump and several of his top donors at an exclusive star-studded election night watch party at Mar-a-Lago.
- Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, voted for the former president at a Catholic church in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- The Walz family is set to join Vice President Kamala Harris at her election night watch party at Howard University.
- President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will reportedly not attend Harris’ evening event and will instead watch the election results from the White House.
- Harris took over the airwaves in all seven swing states, making a final pitch to undecided voters in several radio interviews on Tuesday.
- Polling locations across the US experienced technical issues, long lines, severe weather, and bomb threats.
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