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Trump Campaign To File For Partial Recount In Wisconsin

The campaign is filing for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties — and paying $3 million for it. Wisconsin does not have automatic recounts, although a losing candidate can file a sworn petition.
Poll workers check voters identifications at The Orpheum Theater in Madison, Wis., on Election Day. The Trump campaign announced on Wednesday that it is filing for a recount in two counties in the state.

Updated at 12:13 p.m. ET

President Trump's campaign announced Wednesday morning it is filing a petition to formally ask election authorities to conduct a recount in two Wisconsin counties. President-elect Joe Biden by a little more than 20,000 votes.

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