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Wisconsin Becomes Last Contested State to Confirm Biden Won
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1:18Now PlayingJoe Biden's victory in battleground Wisconsin was confirmed Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump, who has promised to file a lawsuit seeking to undo the results.
Confirmation of the results by the Democratic chairwoman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission started a five-day window for Trump to file a lawsuit. Trump on Saturday promised to file a lawsuit either on Monday or Tuesday, a longshot attempt to overturn the results by disqualifying as many as 238,000 ballots.
Trump's attorneys have alleged without evidence that there was widespread fraud and illegal activity.
Biden's campaign has said the recount showed that Biden won Wisconsin decisively and there was no fraud. Even if Trump were successful in Wisconsin, the state's 10 Electoral College votes would not be enough to undo Biden's overall victory.
State law gives the power to confirm the election results to the chair of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission. The position rotates between Republicans and Democrats and is currently held by Ann Jacobs, a Democrat. She signed the canvass statement showing Biden as the winner over objections from Republicans who wanted to wait until after legal challenges were exhausted.
The elections commission staff will next send paperwork to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to sign and send on to the U.S. administrator of general services.
In a possible nod to the threatened litigation, the commission called Jacobs' action a "determination," rather than certification, even though earlier this year and in prior elections it has called such action certification.
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