A 10-month-long review of the 2020 Wisconsin election conducted by a conservative group found no signs of widespread or significant election fraud, further disproving the allegations of election fraud as the battleground state undergoes a contentious partisan election audit.
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The investigation by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty found no evidence of widespread voter fraud, which it defined as an intentional effort to subvert the election, by preventing voters who support a specific candidate from voting or having their vote counted.
The investigation found limited evidence of individuals voting when ineligible, such as 130 instances of registered felons voting and 42 reported ballots from dead voters.
Will found no evidence of significant problems with voting machines and noted Democrats performed worse than expected in areas that used them.
The group struck down right-wing claims ofballot dumping that inflated President Joe Biden's vote total.
The investigation took aim at ballot drop boxes, how state voter rolls were maintained, and private funding that went to Democratic-leaning areas, as well as the fact that many votes did not comply with existing legal requirements.
There is no evidence that voters who cast those ballots did anything wrong, and even if some state rules were not followed, that is not reason to throw out those ballots.
There was no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Will concluded that more eligible voters cast ballots for Joe Biden than for Donald Trump. There was little evidence of fraud and an analysis of the results and voting patterns did not give rise to an inference of fraud.
The key background.
Both the WILL report and the Legislative Audit Bureau report found no evidence of widespread fraud, though state election Commissioners from both parties have raised concerns with how that probe was conducted. The report comes as former President Donald Trump and his allies continue to baselessly assert the 2020 presidential election was stolen and subject to widespread fraud, despite numerous audits, court rulings and other analyses finding no evidence to support those claims. The Republican-led audit of the 2020 election in Wisconsin will cost the state $655,000, according to the Associated Press. Gableman has been criticized for his association with people who have pushed baseless fraud claims, such as MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, as well as an email sent to election clerks from an unknown sender demanding election information that many viewed as suspicious. Gableman sued the local mayors last week in an attempt to force their testimony as part of the investigation, and has asked the court to punish them if they don't comply.
What to watch for.
In Wisconsin, Republicans aligned with Trump are trying to find a way to impose voting restrictions without Evers vetoing them.
A review of the 2020 election.
A conservative group found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Wisconsin.
The GOP ordered an election probe.
The head of the GOP-led election probe says mayors could be jailed.
The election clerks in Wisconsin are confused.
State officials are finding no evidence of election fraud.
