Nearly 400 unopened absentee ballots found in Milwaukee

By Adam Kelnhofer for WisPolitics.com.
Nearly 400 unopened ballots from the city of Milwaukee’s Ward 315 on the south side were found during the recount effort this morning.
“Occasionally, very rarely, a significant error like this can occur,” Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg said.
The Trump campaign’s legal team objected to adding the 386 newly found votes to t...

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