The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the Wisconsin Supreme Court, alleging that approximately 221,000 ballots were affected by absentee voting abuse.
More than three million ballots were cast in Wisconsin during the general election. Wisconsin finished a partial recount of the votes on Sunday, and Governor Tony Evers formally certified Joe Biden’s victory on Monday night. The Trump campaign lawsuit was filed on Tuesday morning.
The complaint alleged “clear evidence of unlawfulness,” including the illegal alteration of absentee ballot envelopes, counting ballots with no required application, and “holding illegal voting events.” It alleged that the Wisconsin Elections Commission directed municipal clerks to alter incomplete absentee ballot envelopes, and that municipal clerks “issued thousands of absentee ballots” without collecting the mandatory written application.
The campaign also alleged that Madison, Wisconsin, created unlawful polling stations in more than 200 locations that did not abide by absentee voting requirements.
The campaign asked the court to order that the results and certification of the general election cannot include in-person absentee ballots lacking an associated written application, incomplete and altered absentee ballots, any absentee ballots issued to “Indefinitely Confined” individuals who did not provide photo identification, and absentee ballots received at unlawful polling stations. Additionally, the campaign asked the court to enter orders to enjoin or direct Evers to “rescind and withdraw” his formal certification.