Politics
Milwaukee central count officials acknowledge primary results reporting mistake
Milwaukee Election Commission confirms a human error caused delays in reporting primary results, though officials emphasize the accuracy remains intact.
By Jon Styf · 2026-08-02T10:57:08.921Z
The Center Square – The Milwaukee Election Commission acknowledged that a team led by its deputy director mistakenly selected and downloaded an audit log instead of election results on five of nine tabulators at its central count facility on the state’s primary election night, leading to a delay in reporting unofficial results.
The commission said that it would make public records related to the Aug. 11 primary available online by Sept. 4, according to a letter send to the Wisconsin Elections Commission obtained by CBS Milwaukee Anchor A.J. Bayatpour https://x.com/AJBayatpour/status/2093387014129234031/photo/1 .
The letter acknowledge that written procedures to download the results were available at the time and “MEC takes responsibility for the error” but that the error “did not affect the security and accuracy of the underlying election results.”
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