The ten-day vote recount effort, which involved hundreds of processors and cost the Trump campaign an estimated $740,000, shifted the results of Dane County’s election by 58 net votes, up from 45 reported yesterday. According to Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell, approximately 150 ballots were dismissed due to issues with voter or witness signatures. He […]
Trump campaign challenges Dane County ballots
Dane County election workers entered day five of the 2020 election recount process today. According to Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell, processors have reviewed more than 125,000 out of 345,600 total ballots. The Trump campaign has already lodged a number of complaints against thousands of ballots in Dane County. To unpack these actions and explain […]
Scenes of a Biden/Harris victory
Honking horns, noise makers, and shouts made up much of the sound of Madison celebrating on Saturday. Cars are still circling the state Capitol a few hours after 10:30 am, when after days of waiting, news agencies called the presidential election. The celebration for president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris would […]
Post-Election Show with Francesca Hong, Kelda Roys, and Melissa Sargen...
You voted—now what? Spend some time processing this very strange post-election time with us on today’s show, where Ali Muldrow celebrates local victories and hosts three of last night’s Wisconsin winners: Rep. Francesca Hong, Sen. Kelda Roys, and Rep. Melissa Sargent. Responding to listener calls and comments, they cover a wide range of topics including […]
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
For this special election-day edition of the show, guest host Nada Elmikashfi spends the hour with historian Alexander Keyssar talking about the ins-and-outs of the Electoral College and trying to answer the question at the heart of his new book: Why do we still have the Electoral College? Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling […]
Madison voters head to the polls early
Since Tuesday, voters in Madison have been going to early voting sites in order to drop off ballots and cast votes in person before election day. The Madison clerk’s office is one of five sites in the city that are open today where residents can go in order to vote early. The Memorial Union, Hawthorne […]