Recount of Wisconsin Judge Race Prompts Ballot Challenges

A widely watched recount is underway of the results of an election for circuit judge in Racine County, Wisconsin.
The incumbent Circuit Court Judge Jon Fredrickson lost to challenger Jamie McClendon by 55 votes. Voters cast 60,349 ballots for the office.
Fredrickson, who has served in the post since 2019, requested the recount.
McClendon is a former public defender and is a local attorney in private practice.
In Wisconsin, if the margin of victory is within two percentage points, the recount is paid for by taxpayers.
Racine County resident Jim Spodick, a political Independent and election integrity activist with the organization Honest, Open, and Transparent Government (HOT Government), was at the courthouse as an unofficial observer on April 14, the first day of the recount….

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