Wisconsin called for Joe Biden, Trump to seek recount

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(The Center Square) – The race for U.S. president in Wisconsin has been called for former Vice President Joe Biden.

The Associated Press declared the state a victory for the Democratic nominee Wednesday afternoon with 20,517 more votes than incumbent President Donald Trump, less than a one percent margin of victory.

The Trump campaign said there were regularities in the Wisconsin count and it would seek a recount.

Biden won Milwaukee County with 317,251 votes compared to Trump’s 134,355. Voter turnout in Milwaukee County nearly hit 84%, a massive jump from the 61% of voters who cast a ballot four years ago.

Dane County also saw a massive turnout for Biden. He won the state’s second largest county by over 180,000 votes. Biden got 260,157 votes compared to the president’s 78,789 votes.

President Trump won the state’s other late-breaking counties, including Brown and Kenosha. But he did not win them by enough to erase Biden’s leads in Milwaukee and Dane counties.

The unofficial count from the AP gives Biden 1,630,334 votes and President Trump 1,609,586 votes.

Wisconsin Democratic Chairman Ben Wikler said on Twitter Wednesday that voter turnout made the difference.

“Biden is now up in Wisconsin by roughly 20,600 votes. That number could wobble a bit, but there’s no realistic path for Trump to pull ahead,” Wikler said. “Biden has won more votes than any [presidential] candidate in Wisconsin history.”

Richland County, as of early Wednesday, had not reported their votes. As it turned out, there were not enough votes in Richland County to erase Biden’s lead in the state.

Wisconsin’s vote total won’t be final for a week or so. Local election managers will now canvass their votes, but the results are not expected to change much.

The state’s vote will not be official until the Wisconsin Election Commission certifies the vote. The deadline to do that is Dec. 1.

By Benjamin Yount | The Center Square
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(The Center Square) – The city of Port Washington approved a referendum Tuesday that would require future projects worth more than $10 million to be approved by taxpayers before being added to a tax increment district.

The initiative, in response to a large-scale AI data center in the city, passed with 2,710 votes of approval compared to 1,371 in opposition. More than 50% of the 8,257 registered Port Washington voters voted in the election.

The initiative came in response to an $8 billion data center project that is expected to receive more than $450 million in property tax breaks along with not paying state sales tax on everything from construction to the servers inside to electricity at the site, which is estimated to require as much electricity as the city of Los Angeles once fully operational.

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Data centers have shown to be unpopular with voters as 69% of Wisconsin voters in a recent Marquette poll said that they believe that the cost of data centers outweigh the benefits.

Republican candidate for governor and Congressman Tom Tiffany vowed to “end subsidies for data centers in Wisconsin” if he becomes governor.

Wisconsin comedian Charlie Berens has also been outspoken about the secrecy and impact of data centers, especially the Port Washington project and process. Berens testified in support of a bill to block non-disclosure agreements at data centers that did not pass the Legislature before session closed.

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Video from the meeting then showed a police officer approaching Le Jeune in the audience and asking her to leave.

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