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The counting of ballots cast in the City of Milwaukee finally began on the third day of the recount process. The atmosphere inside the Wisconsin Center was more quiet than the previous two days. But while the recount process finally moved forward, the situation remained acrimonious and chaotic at times.

The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin’s two most heavily Democratic counties began on November 20 with President Donald Trump’s campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of absentee ballots that it alleged should not have been counted.

Four days after Election Day, the final key states finished enough of their vote count for the Associated Press to project Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. Across the nation, supporters celebrated victory on November 7. In Milwaukee, residents held a car rally to commemorate the election results.

Known as Old Main, the Civil War Era Soldiers Home has been undergoing months of historic restorations and conversion into new apartments for Milwaukee area veterans, and remains on schedule for a March opening for its first residents. A $200,000 donation from the project’s lead contractor, JP Cullen, on October 29 added significantly to …

A team of 400 workers assembled at Milwaukee’s Central Count facility on November 3 at 7:00 a.m. to begin opening absentee ballot envelops and prepare them for counting along with votes cast throughout Election Day. The entire 4th floor of the building at 501 W. Michigan Street was set up to process boxes of ballots, and designed in pods…