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On 25 November 2016, various stories (including a since-removed post in the liberal click bait blog Occupy Democrats quoted below) appeared seemingly reporting that three counties in Wisconsin had admitted to committing voter fraud by padding the vote tallies for President-elect Donald Trump: In fact, no counties in Wisconsin have admitted to committing voter fraud. While there was a discrepancy between the number of ballots cast and votes counted in one county, Outagamie, it was corrected when the official results were announced. It's unclear where the three counties claim originates from, because the irregularity occurred in four wards (Cicero and Grand Chute along with the Villages of Bear Creek and Hortonville) of just one county — Outagamie. Lynn Mischker, village clerk-treasurer for Hortonville gave the following explanation to local news outlets: The issue, and a slew of shoddily-reported stories on political blogs, prompted questions over whether the election results were being purposely tilted toward Trump. Further, Green Party candidate Jill Stein petitioned successfully for a vote recount in the state. However, as of 28 November 2016, we found no evidence that any of Wisconsin's 72 counties admitted to committing voter fraud. The irregularity in Outagamie County appears to have been human error in tallying the unofficial results, an issue that was corrected with the official count.
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