From TheVote <[email protected]>
Subject Report: "Recount finds thousands of Georgia votes missing from initial counts"
Date November 19, 2020 8:26 PM
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[The Vote]

We're 16 days out from Election Day. Here's the news that you'll want to kn=
ow:

(1) Georgia recount uncovers "nearly 6,000 additional votes" <[link removed]
ajc.com/politics/recount-finds-thousands-of-georgia-votes-missing-from-init=
ial-counts/ERDRNXPH3REQTM4SOINPSEP72M/> ; results expected today
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(2) Wisconsin recount "off to a rough start" after reportedly contentious =
5-hour Wisconsin Election Commissions meeting <[link removed]
ry/news/politics/2020/11/18/wisconsin-recount-gets-off-rough-start-election=
s-commission-clashes/3773591001/>
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(3) Nancy Pelosi "reaffirms" she won't run again for Speaker after next Co=
ngress <[link removed]
t-term-as-speaker-will-be-her-last/>

[Georgia recount uncovers "nearly 6,000 additional votes." Results are expe=
cted today.]

"'The old system would let us know that we had a memory card that hadn=E2=
=80=99t been counted,' said Darryl Hicks, chairman for the Fayette County e=
lections board. 'That would certainly be a good control to have in place. T=
here are internal controls we need to have in place as well. We had opportu=
nities to correct the problem.'" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution <[link removed]
.ajc.com/politics/recount-finds-thousands-of-georgia-votes-missing-from-ini=
tial-counts/ERDRNXPH3REQTM4SOINPSEP72M/> )

Read the full story on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution <[link removed]
m/politics/recount-finds-thousands-of-georgia-votes-missing-from-initial-co=
unts/ERDRNXPH3REQTM4SOINPSEP72M/>

=E2=80=A2 The Georgia recount numbers are expected to be released today, w=
ith President Trump picking up votes so Joe Biden's lead is down to 12,871 =
votes. The two Senate run-off races on January 5th won't be affected.
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=E2=80=A2 The state election results will be certified tomorrow, and eithe=
r campaign may request another re-count after that since the margin is so c=
lose.
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=E2=80=A2 As the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported, with the emphasis =
our own: <[link removed]
otes-missing-from-initial-counts/ERDRNXPH3REQTM4SOINPSEP72M/> "In all, the =
manual recount revealed nearly 6,000 additional votes in the presidential e=
lection. About 3,600 of them were for Trump and 2,200 were for Biden out of=
5 million total votes cast."
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=E2=80=A2 The issues were reportedly county-specific clerical errors (that=
is, human errors) <[link removed]
-georgia-votes-missing-from-initial-counts/ERDRNXPH3REQTM4SOINPSEP72M/> -- =
rather than widespread issues and/or technical failures -- including "memor=
y cards that hadn=E2=80=99t been loaded into election computers" and failin=
g to "rescan [ballots] after replacing an optical scanner that had a proble=
m."
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=E2=80=A2 The Floyd County GOP Chairman said, about issues affecting his c=
ounty, <[link removed]
s-in-presidential-race/I75NSPYYGNF43HQZBPYKJWJ5MA/> : "It=E2=80=99s very co=
ncerning. But this doesn=E2=80=99t appear to be a widespread issue. I=E2=80=
=99m glad the audit revealed it, and it=E2=80=99s important that all votes =
are counted.=E2=80=9D
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And for background:
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=E2=80=A2 Last week, Georgia announced a by-hand recount of the presidenti=
al race. That's because the state is very close: President Trump and Joe Bi=
den were separated by approximately 14,000 votes out of nearly 5 million ca=
st <[link removed]
when-will-it-be-done> .
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=E2=80=A2 County recounts have been overseen by poll monitors from both ma=
jor parties <[link removed]
-ballot-recount-officials-say/GQ4QUCZDEVEBPMUUFDFEIYOXHI/> , the press, and=
some members of the public.
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=E2=80=A2 The recount is done and is scheduled to be released today. The d=
eadline for the state to certify its election results is this Friday. <http=
s://www.apnews.com/article/georgia-hand-tally-votes-underway-1f5a21818c0205=
961785d144c52a4d92>
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=E2=80=A2 Georgia awards 16 Electoral College votes.

[Wisconsin recount "off to a rough start" after reportedly contentious 5-ho=
ur Wisconsin Election Commissions meeting.]

"Wisconsin=E2=80=99s recount turned into a partisan brawl Wednesday night, =
well before the first votes began to be retallied. The three Republicans an=
d three Democrats on the Wisconsin Elections Commission clashed repeatedly =
in a late-night virtual meeting as they tried to establish guidelines spell=
ing out how clerks should conduct the recount during the coronavirus pandem=
ic." (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <[link removed]
ics/2020/11/18/wisconsin-recount-gets-off-rough-start-elections-commission-=
clashes/3773591001/> )

Read the full story on the=C2=A0Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <[link removed]
nline.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/18/wisconsin-recount-gets-off-rough-s=
tart-elections-commission-clashes/3773591001/>

=E2=80=A2 After a five-and-a-half-hour meeting -- which the Milwaukee Jour=
nal Sentinel described as a "partisan brawl" -- the Wisconsin Elections Com=
mission did approve the recount but reportedly "deadlocked on some elements=
of it," <[link removed]
-recount-gets-off-rough-start-elections-commission-clashes/3773591001/> inc=
luding the handling of absentee ballot applications.
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=E2=80=A2 Yesterday the Trump campaign filed for a partial recount in Wisc=
onsin in two counties: Milwaukee and Dane. Milwaukee is the largest county =
in the state; Dane is "home to the liberal capital city of Madison and the =
flagship University of Wisconsin campus." <[link removed]
rump-wisconsin-deadline-vote-recount-1348ed4b4691fa28bd3102c4f97599c1>
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=E2=80=A2 The recount must be completed by Tuesday, December 1.
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=E2=80=A2 The recount petition signed by President Trump (read it for yo <=
[link removed]
ign%20Recount%20Petition.pdf> urself) said: <[link removed]
/elections.wi.gov/files/2020-11/Trump%20Campaign%20Recount%20Petition.pdf> =
"The Petitioners are informed and believe that mistakes and fraud were comm=
itted throughout the State of Wisconsin, including particularly in the City=
of Madison, the City of Milwaukee, and throughout Dane County and Milwauke=
e County in the counting and return of votes cast in the election for Presi=
dent of the United States."
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=E2=80=A2 The Trump campaign paid $3 million to the Wisconsin Elections Co=
mmission for the recount. <[link removed]
mp-campaign-to-file-for-recount-in-two-wisconsin-counties> For comparison,=
a recount for the entire state would cost $8 million.
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=E2=80=A2 Right now, Joe Biden has a lead of just 20 <[link removed]
.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/18/trump-campaign-seek-partial-r=
ecount-wisconsin/6339193002/> ,608 votes in <[link removed]
/news/politics/elections/2020/11/18/trump-campaign-seek-partial-recount-wis=
consin/6339193002/> Wisconsin. <[link removed]
s/elections/2020/11/18/trump-campaign-seek-partial-recount-wisconsin/633919=
3002/> The state awards 10 Electoral College votes.

[Nancy Pelosi "reaffirms" she won't run again for Speaker after next Congre=
ss.]

"Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday reaffirmed a pledge she made to House De=
mocrats two years ago that she would give up the gavel after the 117th Cong=
ress. Ahead of the 116th Congress, Pelosi cut a deal with a handful of memb=
ers threatening to vote against her for speaker on the floor. To win their =
support, the California Democrat agreed to allow the caucus to vote on prop=
osed term limits for the top three Democratic leaders and to abide by the p=
roposal herself regardless of whether it was adopted." (Roll Call <[link removed]
www.rollcall.com/2020/11/18/pelosi-affirms-promise-that-next-term-as-speake=
r-will-be-her-last/> )

Read the full story on Roll Call <[link removed]
si-affirms-promise-that-next-term-as-speaker-will-be-her-last/>

=E2=80=A2 Speaker Pelosi won House Democrats' support as their Speaker can=
didate <[link removed]
ms-tap-pelosi-to-stand-for-speaker/> for the next Congress, which begins i=
n January 2021, and she confirmed that she will respect the promise she mad=
e about term limits in the top leadership role <[link removed]
20/11/18/pelosi-affirms-promise-that-next-term-as-speaker-will-be-her-last/=
> .
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=E2=80=A2 There have been reports of moderate Democrats considering a chal=
lenge to her. <[link removed]
kin-vows-not-to-support-nancy-pelosi-for-house-speaker/> And, in 2019, 15 D=
emocrats voted against her for Speaker <[link removed]
ed-against-pelosi-for-speaker-d73c4d24-87f3-4bf7-a054-e5dfab32a84e.html> .
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=E2=80=A2 Given House Democrats' slim majority (just single digits!), Spea=
ker Pelosi needs to unite the House Democrats to keep her leadership role f=
or her final term as Speaker. It seems likely that she will, but it's not a=
sure thing until the vote in January when the new Congress begins.


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span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>We'=
re 16 days out from Election Day. Here's the news that you'll want to know:=
</strong></span></span></p>
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>(1) <strong><a style=3D"text-de=
coration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
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r">Georgia recount uncovers "nearly 6,000 additional votes"</a></strong>; r=
esults expected today</span></span></p>
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ong>Wisconsin recount "off to a rough start"</strong> after reportedly cont=
entious 5-hour Wisconsin Election Commissions meeting</a></span></p>
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9A" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Nancy Pelosi "reaffirms" she won't r=
un again for Speaker after next Congress</a></span></span></p>
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rgia recount uncovers "nearly 6,000 additional votes." Results are expected=
today.</strong></span></span></p>
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#ffff99;"><strong>The old system would let us know that we had a memory ca=
rd that hadn=E2=80=99t been counted</strong></span>,' said Darryl Hicks, ch=
airman for the Fayette County elections board. 'That would certainly be a g=
ood control to have in place. There are internal controls we need to have i=
n place as well. We had opportunities to correct the problem.'<span style=
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2&nbsp;<strong>The Georgia recount num=
bers are expected to be released today, with President Trump picking up vot=
es so Joe Biden's lead is down to 12,871 votes.&nbsp;</strong>The two Senat=
e run-off races on January 5th won't be affected.</span></span></span></spa=
n></span></span></span></p>
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 The state election results will be c=
ertified tomorrow, and either campaign may request another re-count after t=
hat since the margin is so close.</span></span></span></span></span></span>=
</span></p>
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reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
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reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <a style=3D"text-decoration: underli=
ne; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlnamFja2J1b=
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em>Atlanta Journal Constitution</em> reported, with the emphasis our own:</=
a> "<strong>In all, the manual recount revealed nearly 6,000 additional vot=
es in the presidential election</strong>. About 3,600 of them were for Trum=
p and 2,200 were for Biden out of 5 million total votes cast."</span></span=
></span></span></span></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong><a style=3D"text-decoration:=
underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
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cyTS8&K=3DcKeYOye69vuFEB1Nsb4CRA" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">The is=
sues were reportedly county-specific clerical errors (that is, human errors=
)</a></strong> -- rather than widespread issues and/or technical failures -=
- including "memory cards that hadn=E2=80=99t been loaded into election com=
puters" and failing to "rescan [ballots] after replacing an optical scanner=
that had a problem."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <a style=3D"text-decoration: underli=
ne; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlnamFja2J1b=
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rman said, about issues affecting his county,</a>: "<strong>It=E2=80=99s ve=
ry concerning. But this doesn=E2=80=99t appear to be a widespread issue</st=
rong>. I=E2=80=99m glad the audit revealed it, and it=E2=80=99s important t=
hat all votes are counted.=E2=80=9D</span></span></span></span></span></spa=
n></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"><em><strong><span =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span style>=
<span style><span style>And for background:</span></span></span></span></sp=
an></span></span></strong></em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong>Last week, Georgia announced=
a by-hand recount of the presidential race.&nbsp;</strong>That's because t=
he state is very close: <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #006=
8A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwu=
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saXRpY3MvZ2VvcmdpYS1oYW5kLXJlY291bnQtaG93LWRvZXMtaXQtd29yay13aGVuLXdpbGwtaX=
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>President Trump and Joe Biden were separated by approximately 14,000 votes=
out of nearly 5 million cast</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span=
></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong><a style=3D"text-decoration:=
underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
yNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlna=
mFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AOQ%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93=
d3cud3NidHYuY29tL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvZnVsdG9uLWNvdW50eS1oYXMtZmluaXNoZWQtYmF=
sbG90LXJlY291bnQtb2ZmaWNpYWxzLXNheS9HUTRRVUNaREVWRUJQTVVVRkRGRUlZT1hISS8&K=
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ts have been overseen by poll monitors from both major parties</a></strong>=
, the press, and some members of the public.</span></span></span></span></s=
pan></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 The recount is done and is s=
cheduled to be released today.</strong> <a style=3D"text-decoration: underl=
ine; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
c%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlnamFja2J1=
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"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">The deadline for the state to certify its electio=
n results is this Friday.</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></sp=
an></p>
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong>Georgia awards 16 Electoral =
College votes.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p=
>
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consin recount "off to a rough start" after reportedly contentious 5-hour W=
isconsin Election Commissions meeting.</strong></span></span></p>
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Wednesday night, well before the first votes began to be retallied</strong>=
</span>. The three Republicans and three Democrats on the Wisconsin Electio=
ns Commission clashed repeatedly in a late-night virtual meeting as they tr=
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ght-alt: 32px;">Read the full story on the=C2=A0<em>Milwaukee Journal Senti=
nel</em></span></span></a>
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px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 After a five-and-a-half-hour meeting=
-- which the <em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</em> described as a "partisan =
brawl" -- the <strong><a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A=
5;" href=3D"[link removed]
ViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY2=
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5wpTQnxpkx9pZYIrynzyw" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Wisconsin Electio=
ns Commission did approve the recount but reportedly "deadlocked on some el=
ements of it,"</a> </strong>including the handling of absentee ballot appli=
cations.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
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reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong>Yesterday the&nbsp;Trump cam=
paign filed for a partial recount in Wisconsin in two counties: Milwaukee a=
nd Dane.</strong> Milwaukee is the largest county in the state; Dane is <a =
style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
evote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZ=
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liberal capital city of Madison and the flagship University of Wisconsin c=
ampus."</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong>The recount must be complete=
d by Tuesday, December 1.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span=
></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong><a style=3D"text-decoration:=
underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
yNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlna=
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lbGVjdGlvbnMud2kuZ292L3NpdGVzL2VsZWN0aW9ucy53aS5nb3YvZmlsZXMvMjAyMC0xMS9Ucn=
VtcCUyMENhbXBhaWduJTIwUmVjb3VudCUyMFBldGl0aW9uLnBkZg&K=3DgUZ3h1Ai-aThv3kE-B=
a5yQ" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">The recount petition signed by Pre=
sident Trump (read it for yo</a><a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; col=
or: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
YjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtA=
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"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">urself)&nbsp;said:</a></strong> "The Petitioners =
are informed and believe that mistakes and fraud were committed throughout =
the State of Wisconsin, including particularly in the City of Madison, the =
City of Milwaukee, and throughout Dane County and Milwaukee County in the c=
ounting and return of votes cast in the election for President of the Unite=
d States."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong><a style=3D"text-decoration:=
underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
yNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlna=
mFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTg%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9=
3d3cudGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3MvbmV3cy81MjY1MDItdHJ1bXAtY2FtcGFpZ24tdG8tZm=
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v25hpg" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">The Trump campaign paid $3 milli=
on to the Wisconsin Elections Commission for the recount.</a>&nbsp;</strong=
>For comparison, a recount for the entire state would cost $8 million.</spa=
n></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong><a style=3D"text-decoration:=
underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
yNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlna=
mFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTk%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9=
3d3cuanNvbmxpbmUuY29tL3N0b3J5L25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvZWxlY3Rpb25zLzIwMjAvMTEvMT=
gvdHJ1bXAtY2FtcGFpZ24tc2Vlay1wYXJ0aWFsLXJlY291bnQtd2lzY29uc2luLzYzMzkxOTMwM=
DIv&K=3D0eyp8dV4_ybWcFUBVuiV2g" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Right no=
w, Joe Biden has a lead of just 20</a><a style=3D"text-decoration: underlin=
e; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bH=
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bmxpbmUuY29tL3N0b3J5L25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvZWxlY3Rpb25zLzIwMjAvMTEvMTgvdHJ1bXA=
tY2FtcGFpZ24tc2Vlay1wYXJ0aWFsLXJlY291bnQtd2lzY29uc2luLzYzMzkxOTMwMDIv&K=3DR=
M7fM9akJULEP79Hu8dRIw" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">,608 votes in</a>=
<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
.thevote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI0LTViYzgzOWY3ODNiOTQxZWQ4=
MjZkZTkzM2ZjMmI0MmM2%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZm=
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nQtd2lzY29uc2luLzYzMzkxOTMwMDIv&K=3Dw4cELqD1-4lvPBgbWgjVuA" target=3D"_blan=
k" rel=3D"noopener"> Wisconsin.</a> </strong>The state awards 10 Electoral =
College votes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Nan=
cy Pelosi "reaffirms" she won't run again for Speaker after next Congress.<=
/strong></span></span></p>
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o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em>"<span style=3D"background-color: =
#ffff99;"><strong>Speaker&nbsp;Nancy Pelosi&nbsp;on Wednesday reaffirmed a =
pledge she made to House Democrats two years ago that she would give up the=
gavel after the 117th Congress</strong></span>. </em><em>Ahead of the 116t=
h Congress, Pelosi cut a deal with a handful of members threatening to vote=
against her for speaker on the floor. To win their support, the California=
Democrat agreed to allow the caucus to vote on proposed term limits for th=
e top three Democratic leaders and to abide by the proposal herself regardl=
ess of whether it was adopted.</em><em>" (<a style=3D"text-decoration: unde=
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se she made about term limits in the top leadership role</a>.</span></p>
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[The Vote]

We're 16 days out from Election Day. Here's the news that you'll want to know:

(1) Georgia recount uncovers "nearly 6,000 additional votes" <[link removed]> ; results expected today

(2) Wisconsin recount "off to a rough start" after reportedly contentious 5-hour Wisconsin Election Commissions meeting <[link removed]>

(3) Nancy Pelosi "reaffirms" she won't run again for Speaker after next Congress <[link removed]>

[Georgia recount uncovers "nearly 6,000 additional votes." Results are expected today.]

"'The old system would let us know that we had a memory card that hadn’t been counted,' said Darryl Hicks, chairman for the Fayette County elections board. 'That would certainly be a good control to have in place. There are internal controls we need to have in place as well. We had opportunities to correct the problem.'" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution <[link removed]>

• The Georgia recount numbers are expected to be released today, with President Trump picking up votes so Joe Biden's lead is down to 12,871 votes. The two Senate run-off races on January 5th won't be affected.

• The state election results will be certified tomorrow, and either campaign may request another re-count after that since the margin is so close.

• As the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported, with the emphasis our own: <[link removed]> "In all, the manual recount revealed nearly 6,000 additional votes in the presidential election. About 3,600 of them were for Trump and 2,200 were for Biden out of 5 million total votes cast."

• The issues were reportedly county-specific clerical errors (that is, human errors) <[link removed]> -- rather than widespread issues and/or technical failures -- including "memory cards that hadn’t been loaded into election computers" and failing to "rescan [ballots] after replacing an optical scanner that had a problem."

• The Floyd County GOP Chairman said, about issues affecting his county, <[link removed]> : "It’s very concerning. But this doesn’t appear to be a widespread issue. I’m glad the audit revealed it, and it’s important that all votes are counted.”

And for background:

• Last week, Georgia announced a by-hand recount of the presidential race. That's because the state is very close: President Trump and Joe Biden were separated by approximately 14,000 votes out of nearly 5 million cast <[link removed]> .

• County recounts have been overseen by poll monitors from both major parties <[link removed]> , the press, and some members of the public.

• The recount is done and is scheduled to be released today. The deadline for the state to certify its election results is this Friday. <[link removed]>

• Georgia awards 16 Electoral College votes.

[Wisconsin recount "off to a rough start" after reportedly contentious 5-hour Wisconsin Election Commissions meeting.]

"Wisconsin’s recount turned into a partisan brawl Wednesday night, well before the first votes began to be retallied. The three Republicans and three Democrats on the Wisconsin Elections Commission clashed repeatedly in a late-night virtual meeting as they tried to establish guidelines spelling out how clerks should conduct the recount during the coronavirus pandemic." (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <[link removed]>

• After a five-and-a-half-hour meeting -- which the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described as a "partisan brawl" -- the Wisconsin Elections Commission did approve the recount but reportedly "deadlocked on some elements of it," <[link removed]> including the handling of absentee ballot applications.

• Yesterday the Trump campaign filed for a partial recount in Wisconsin in two counties: Milwaukee and Dane. Milwaukee is the largest county in the state; Dane is "home to the liberal capital city of Madison and the flagship University of Wisconsin campus." <[link removed]>

• The recount must be completed by Tuesday, December 1.

• The recount petition signed by President Trump (read it for yo <[link removed]> urself) said: <[link removed]> "The Petitioners are informed and believe that mistakes and fraud were committed throughout the State of Wisconsin, including particularly in the City of Madison, the City of Milwaukee, and throughout Dane County and Milwaukee County in the counting and return of votes cast in the election for President of the United States."

• The Trump campaign paid $3 million to the Wisconsin Elections Commission for the recount. <[link removed]> For comparison, a recount for the entire state would cost $8 million.

• Right now, Joe Biden has a lead of just 20 <[link removed]> ,608 votes in <[link removed]> Wisconsin. <[link removed]> The state awards 10 Electoral College votes.

[Nancy Pelosi "reaffirms" she won't run again for Speaker after next Congress.]

"Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday reaffirmed a pledge she made to House Democrats two years ago that she would give up the gavel after the 117th Congress. Ahead of the 116th Congress, Pelosi cut a deal with a handful of members threatening to vote against her for speaker on the floor. To win their support, the California Democrat agreed to allow the caucus to vote on proposed term limits for the top three Democratic leaders and to abide by the proposal herself regardless of whether it was adopted." (Roll Call <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on Roll Call <[link removed]>

• Speaker Pelosi won House Democrats' support as their Speaker candidate <[link removed]> for the next Congress, which begins in January 2021, and she confirmed that she will respect the promise she made about term limits in the top leadership role <[link removed]> .

• There have been reports of moderate Democrats considering a challenge to her. <[link removed]> And, in 2019, 15 Democrats voted against her for Speaker <[link removed]> .

• Given House Democrats' slim majority (just single digits!), Speaker Pelosi needs to unite the House Democrats to keep her leadership role for her final term as Speaker. It seems likely that she will, but it's not a sure thing until the vote in January when the new Congress begins.


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