Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump lawsuit challenging election results

MADISON (WKOW) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump and his campaign challenging the result of Wisconsin’s election on Nov. 3. The court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Saturday, Dec. 12 at noon.

Trump and his campaign are asking the court to rescind certification of the election and throw out thousands of ballots in Dane and Milwaukee counties. Joe Biden allegedly won Wisconsin by about 20,700 votes. However more people voted than were registered in some counties. No audit has been done, only a recount. The lawsuit argues that some ballots in those two counties were cast illegally and should not be counted. Dane and Milwaukee counties are the two largest Democratic strongholds in the Badger State.

A circuit court judge ruled against Trump earlier on Friday. The case was next supposed to go to appeals court, but the campaign filed a motion to bypass, asking that the case go directly to the state Supreme Court. The votes targeted by the lawsuit include in-person absentee ballots, incomplete ballots, ballots cast by people who identified themselves as “indefinitely confined” and ballots submitted at Madison’s Democracy in the Park events.