Wisconsin Lawsuit Aimed at Excluding Nearly 800,000 Votes Dismissed

A poll worker gestures while processing absentee ballots at the Milwaukee Central Count the night of Election Day in Milwaukee, on Nov. 3, 2020. Bing Guan/Reuters

A federal lawsuit in Wisconsin that drew nationwide attention was dismissed on Nov. 16.

Three voters filed the suit last week, seeking to exclude election results in three of the state’s counties. They alleged there was “sufficient evidence that illegal votes were counted” in Milwaukee, Dane, and Menominee counties “to change or place in doubt the results” of the presidential election.