Biden increases lead over Trump after Wisconsin county vote recount
- The Trump campaign has continued to dispute the result of the US presidential election
- The campaign has succeeded in its push for votes in Wisconsin’s largest county, Milwaukee to be recounted
- However, the result of the recount is contrary to what the Trump team was expecting
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The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden gained more votes after a recount was carried out in Wisconsin’s largest county.
According to Reuters, the recount which was demanded by President Donald Trump’s election campaign ended on Friday, November 27.
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The results of the recount in Milwaukee County showed that Biden had a net gain of 132 votes, out of nearly 460,000 cast.
Overall, the Democratic candidate gained 257 votes to Trump’s 125.
In his reaction to the recount, the Milwaukee County clerk, George Christenson said the outcome proved that the election in the county was fair.
He said:
The recount demonstrates what we already know: that elections in Milwaukee county are fair, transparent, accurate and secure.”
Meanwhile, efforts by the Trump campaign to change the outcome of the US presidential election suffered another blow in a Federal Appeals Court on Friday, November 27.
According to CNN, the campaign's appeal alleging voting irregularities was denied by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals for lacking evidence.
The three-judge panel that gave the ruling pointed out that the allegations had already been rejected by multiple state judges in Pennsylvania.
In another report, President Donald Trump has questioned a report which stated that Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, garnered 80 million votes in the US election.
Trump in a tweet on Thursday, November 26, argued that there was no way Biden got such huge number of votes.
He alleged that the report about Biden’s win was an indication that the US election was rigged.
Trump has consistently alleged that the US presidential election was marred by fraud but he has not provided evidence to back his claims.
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